PHX Reporter

As Arizona's and the rest of the nation's inflation problem falls short of any relief, 6 in 10 Americans are blaming Biden. Meanwhile, our leader's approval rating at this point in his presidency is the lowest of any modern era President, according to FiveThirtyEight poll results.

In a report, the Washington Examiner cited the FiveThirtyEight data, noting that approval polling dating back to President Harry S. Truman 77 years ago found that no president has been below or equal to Biden’s polling average of 40.9% on the 490th day of their administration. This reportedly made him the least popular president at that point in his term, according to the Examiner, reportedly four points lower than former President Donald Trump at the same point in his term. 

"President Joe Biden finally did it,” Columnist Paul Bedard wrote in the Examiner. “The lackluster leader’s approval rating has fallen below every president of the modern era at this stage of their term.”

According to a national poll from the Trafalgar Group, an Atlanta-based polling organization founded by strategist and pollster Robert Cahaly, when voters were asked about contributing factors to increasing inflation, nearly 60% blamed Biden’s policies, while 31.6% pointed to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden was blamed by 61.1% of independent voters, according to the survey. That survey, according to Trafalgar, was conducted from May 25-29 and included general election voters and had 1,091 responses with a margin of error of 3%. 

Inflation has continued to be a problem in Arizona, with the state seeing some of the highest prices in the country, according to azfamily.com. The website noted that in Phoenix, year-over-year inflation was 11%, nearly 3% higher than the national inflation rate of 8.3%.

Arizona Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly told Fox Business last month that he wasn’t happy with the administration’s efforts to curb inflation. As he faces re-election in the fall, the senator voiced his worries about the rising cost of basic necessities in Arizona and added that he continues to work with the White House, including the Department of Agriculture, to reduce prices for key necessities like food and gasoline.