Majority of Americans give Biden administration second lowest ethics score: Poll
David Zimmermann
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Most voters think poorly of the Biden administration‘s ethical standards, according to a new poll released Thursday.
The Gallup poll found the Biden administration came in second at 42% behind the Trump administration’s record low of 37% for the worst ethics score since Ronald Reagan was in office. Eight percent of Americans rated the Biden administration’s ethical standards as “excellent,” and 34% gave a “good” rating for a combined total of 42%.
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However, the majority of Americans did not agree. Eighteen percent said the Biden administration’s ethics are “not good,” and 37% found they are “poor.” Gallup noted this is its first ethics assessment since President Joe Biden took office.
Meanwhile, 84% of Democrats, 41% of independents, and 6% of Republicans rated Biden’s ethics as “excellent” or “good.”
Notably, Biden’s ethics rating essentially matches his presidential approval of 40%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released in July.
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Biden and former President Donald Trump both held the lowest scores during their administrations. For comparison, all other presidents since the 1980s had an ethics score above 50%, with George W. Bush and Reagan taking the highest spots of 74% and 67%, respectively.
Gallup surveyed 1,015 American adults from July 3-27 for the poll, which has a margin of error of four percentage points.