With less than a week left until his term in office ends, President Biden delivers an address at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP)
In his Oval Office speech, Biden will likely aim to cement his legacy as a president who pushed to stabilize politics at home while bolstering America's leadership abroad, and as a leader who steered the nation out of the COVID-19 pandemic and made historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy.
Biden, in a letter to Americans released early Wednesday morning, emphasized that when he took office four years ago "we were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War."
And he touted that "today, we have the strongest economy in the world and have created a record 16.6 million new jobs. Wages are up. Inflation continues to come down. The racial wealth gap is the lowest it’s been in 20 years."
But the Marist poll is the second straight national survey to indicate history will likely not view Biden kindly.
According to a USA Today/Suffolk University survey released on Tuesday, 44% of voters nationwide said history will assess Biden as a failed president, with another 27% saying he will be judged as a fair president.
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Twenty-one percent of those questioned said history will view Biden as a good president, with only 5% saying he will be seen as a great president.
The president's single term in the White House ends next Monday, Jan. 20, as Trump is inaugurated as Biden's successor.
However, according to the USA Today/Suffolk University poll, 44% also said that Trump will be seen by history as a failed president.
President Biden, right, meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
As Trump gets ready to once again assume the presidency, the Marist poll indicates opinions of him remain low, with 44% of Americans viewing him favorably and 49% holding an unfavorable opinion of the incoming president.
However, opinions about Trump's first term have risen in numerous polls conducted since his convincing victory in November's presidential election over Vice President Kamala Harris. The vice president succeeded Biden in July as the Democrats' 2024 standard-bearer after the president dropped out of the race following a disastrous debate performance against Trump.
The poll also indicates that Americans have high expectations for Trump when it comes to the economy.
"While many Americans feel the current economy is not working well for them, residents nationally have grown more optimistic about the future of their own finances," the poll's release highlights.
The survey also indicates Americans are divided about Trump’s proposed mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
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According to the poll, more than six in 10 disapprove of Trump's pledge to pardon his supporters who were convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Marist poll was conducted Jan. 7-9, with 1,387 adults nationwide questioned. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
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