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    Biden support down sharply among California voters for first time in presidency, poll shows

    by David Lauter, Los Angeles Times Nov 08, 2023 6 minutes
    President Joe Biden speaks to reporters at the American Possibilities White House Demo Day at The Showroom in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7, 2023.

    For the first time in his presidency, a majority of California voters disapprove of President Joe Biden's job performance, as support for him has dropped sharply among major Democratic-leaning groups, a new poll shows.

    Fifty-two percent of the state's voters disapprove of Biden's performance in office, compared with 44% who approve, according to the latest University of California, Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times. Disapproval of Biden has risen 6 percentage points, and approval has fallen 4 points since May, the last time the poll asked the question.

    The drop has come heavily from Biden's fellow Democrats and, to a lesser extent, from the state's nonpartisan voters. Almost all the state's Republican voters already disapproved of him.

    No single issue appears to fully account for the change: Biden gets poor ratings on several major topics, including inflation, the Israel-Hamas war and immigration.

    Specific issues, however, may be the wrong place to look for an explanation: Many

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