Biden faces unease about inflation, his leadership

The Oval Office in the White House.

The state of the White House is under siege.

As President Joe Biden prepares to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday, he faces a nation rattled by inflation, downbeat about the future and uncertain of his leadership, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. 

The prime-time speech before a joint session of Congress will be one of the president’s biggest opportunities this year – eight months before midterm elections that are likely to be turbulent – to convince uneasy Americans that he shares their priorities and has a plan to deal with their problems.

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Biden’s approval-disapproval rating is steady but dismal at 39%-57%, including a striking 44% who say they “strongly” disapprove of the job he is doing as president. Despite economic growth and low unemployment, a 51% majority of those surveyed say the economy is in a recession or a depression, the gloomiest outlook in six years.


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