(CNN) — President Joe Biden has the worst approval rating after one year in office of nearly every elected president, except for former President Donald Trump. But a look across the Atlantic Ocean shows that things can always be worse for Biden.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conservative Party member, is mired in scandal over parties taking place during Covid lockdowns. His ratings are as low as Richard Nixon’s were when he resigned the US presidency in 1974.
Johnson right now has a popularity rating of about 24% among Britons, across different polling. (For comparison, Biden’s approval rating among US adults is about 41%.)
The 24% is low by both US and UK standards. Beyond the Nixon comparison, Johnson’s popularity is comparable to two US presidents: Harry Truman and George W. Bush late in their second terms. Truman had a foreign entanglement and a weak economy. Bush had the same problem.