<p>US President Joe Biden's public approval rating rose this week to its highest level since early June, following a series of legislative wins for his Democratic Party, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The two-day national poll found that 41% of Americans approve of Biden's job performance. It was his first time above 40% since early June.</p>.<p>Biden's lowest ratings of 36% - in four weekly polls in May, June and July - rivaled the lows of his predecessor, Donald Trump, whose popularity bottomed out at 33% in December 2017.</p>.<p>In four of the last five weeks Biden's ratings rose as the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a swath of legislation to fight climate change, lower drug prices and boost efforts to make the United States more competitive with China's science and technology efforts.</p>.<p>Democrats are expected to lose control of the US House of Representatives in a Nov. 8 election, but forecasters say they have better odds of keeping control of the Senate. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week gave Republicans only a 50-50 chance of taking back control of that chamber.</p>.<p>Even with control only of the House, Republicans would be able to bring Biden's legislative agenda to a halt and launch potentially politically damaging investigations.</p>.<p>This week's poll showed 78% of Democrats approved of Biden, up from 69% in early July. Only 12% of Republicans approved of Biden, a figure that has remained largely steady in recent weeks.</p>.<p>Biden's overall approval rating has been below 50% since August of last year as Americans grapple with inflation and an economy scarred by the Covid-19 health crisis.</p>.<p>Inflation has shown some signs of easing, however, with gasoline prices dropping from record highs.</p>.<p>The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathered responses from 1,005 adults, including 458 Democrats and 379 Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of four percentage points.</p>
<p>US President Joe Biden's public approval rating rose this week to its highest level since early June, following a series of legislative wins for his Democratic Party, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The two-day national poll found that 41% of Americans approve of Biden's job performance. It was his first time above 40% since early June.</p>.<p>Biden's lowest ratings of 36% - in four weekly polls in May, June and July - rivaled the lows of his predecessor, Donald Trump, whose popularity bottomed out at 33% in December 2017.</p>.<p>In four of the last five weeks Biden's ratings rose as the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a swath of legislation to fight climate change, lower drug prices and boost efforts to make the United States more competitive with China's science and technology efforts.</p>.<p>Democrats are expected to lose control of the US House of Representatives in a Nov. 8 election, but forecasters say they have better odds of keeping control of the Senate. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week gave Republicans only a 50-50 chance of taking back control of that chamber.</p>.<p>Even with control only of the House, Republicans would be able to bring Biden's legislative agenda to a halt and launch potentially politically damaging investigations.</p>.<p>This week's poll showed 78% of Democrats approved of Biden, up from 69% in early July. Only 12% of Republicans approved of Biden, a figure that has remained largely steady in recent weeks.</p>.<p>Biden's overall approval rating has been below 50% since August of last year as Americans grapple with inflation and an economy scarred by the Covid-19 health crisis.</p>.<p>Inflation has shown some signs of easing, however, with gasoline prices dropping from record highs.</p>.<p>The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathered responses from 1,005 adults, including 458 Democrats and 379 Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of four percentage points.</p>