As the prospect of a Joe Biden-Donald Trump rematch in this year’s presidential election rises, a poll indicates that more Americans are looking back at Trump’s term in office with nostalgia.
Forty percent said Trump’s presidency was better than expected, according to the NBC News poll. About one-third of those surveyed (31 percent) said Trump’s time in office was about as expected, while 29 percent said it was worse than expected.
The poll found that voters were more critical of Biden’s presidency. Only 14 percent said Biden has done better than expected, while 42 percent said he has done worse than expected. Some 44 percent said he has done about as well as they expected.
The poll of 1,000 registered voters was conducted between January 26 and 30.
Trump has won Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada as he marches toward the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, with Republicans increasingly converging behind him, even as he faces an array of legal problems—including 91 charges in four separate criminal cases. He is looking to secure a huge delegate haul during the Super Tuesday contests on March 5, which would move him closer to become the party’s nominee.
Overall, the assessment of Trump’s performance as president was better than when NBC News asked the same question in August 2018. Then, only 29 percent said the Trump administration was doing better than they expected, 43 percent said it was going about as well as they expected, while 27 percent said it was worse than they expected.
The new poll suggested that Republicans tend to look back at the Trump presidency more fondly, with 80 percent of Republican voters saying it was better than expected and only 6 percent saying it was worse. About 24 percent said it was about as expected.
Democrats, on the other hand, were more critical of Biden’s presidency. About half—52 percent—of Democrats say his administration is about as expected, 30 percent said it was better than expected and 18 percent said it was worse.
Many respondents cited the economy and border security when asked about their feelings about Biden and Trump. Both are top issues ahead of the 2024 election.
“Certainly some of the nostalgia comes from Americans remembering a time when they could go to the grocery store and. This is a brief summary.
