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    6 questions for politics in 2022

    by Domenico Montanaro Jan 03, 2022 4 minutes
    Toward the end of 2021, President Biden's approval ratings took a dive. Two things in particular need to improve for Biden to make a turnaround — the pandemic needs to lessen and price increases need to let up.

    From control of Congress and the strength of the Biden presidency to potential Jan. 6 committee revelations and the future of abortion rights, there's a lot at stake in 2022.

    We have lots of questions about what's ahead. Here are six:

    1. Can Biden turn it around?

    President Biden ended 2021 with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency in the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The ongoing pandemic, rising inflation, the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and Democratic infighting over legislation hurt how people see his presidency.

    In fact, Americans' view of how Biden's handling his job is historically bad. His approval rating at the end of his. Of course, we're now in a more polarized time, and politics isn't static. Other presidents have hit lows and turned it around — Ronald Reagan was at 35% in 1983, and Barack Obama was at 40% in 2011, but both handily won reelection a year later.

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