Presidential Approval May Rise and Fall with the Economy, Again

For decades, a clear and direct correlation existed between the state of the U.S. economy and Americans' views of presidential performance. But during the Obama and Trump administrations, the economy was no longer the strong indicator of presidential approval that it had been historically.

In a new op-ed published by The Washington Post's Monkey Cage, John Sides and Robert Griffin point to the weak economy as an explanation for President Biden's currently low approval ratings; and note the return of a decades long trend linking presidential approval and the economy.