Joe Biden started the week off on a high note, well, high for him.
As former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial got underway in New York, an event breathlessly covered by mainstream media that has already declared him guilty, a new poll indicated a boost for Biden.
The president has skyrocketed to a 43% approval rating, his highest since November, according to a poll by the Financial Times and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. It’s a gain of four points since March. That’s a smaller leap than the inflation rate on a loaf of bread year over year (7.7%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics), but still.
On the economy, 41% of registered voters approved of his handling of the economy. That was a five-point jump from March.
But before Biden heads out for a celebratory ice cream cone, someone should step up at the White House and tell him this: Voters have a higher opinion of Trump since he left the White House, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.