Poll shows many voters can't name a single accomplishment from Joe Biden
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has praised former President Joe Biden, saying that his achievements were "unmatched in modern American history" and surpassed those "of many presidents who have served two terms in office."
However, recent polling data revealed that most Americans don't agree with Harris' lofty assessment.
Many voters can't name a single accomplishment
According to the Daily Mail, that survey was carried out by J.L. Partners among 1,009 registered voters between January 10 and January 12.
When respondents were asked to name a major accomplishment that defines Biden's time in office, the most common response given was "nothing."
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Thirty-seven percent said they "strongly agreed" that the former president had done nothing remarkable during his single term, with 17% saying that they "somewhat agreed" with the statement.
Biden ranked as worst president in modern history
When participants were broken down by partisan affiliation, Republicans were most likely to "strongly" or "somewhat" agree that the former president lacked a serious record.
Somewhat more surprisingly, 52% of independent voters and just over one-third of Democrats agreed with that conclusion.
The poll also found that voters ranked Biden as the worst president in modern history, coming in just behind former President Richard Nixon.
"As far as public opinion is concerned, you have to squint to see even the echoes of a legacy—and even then people are more likely to remember it negatively," J.L. Partners co-founder James Johnson told the Daily Mail.
Pollster: "There's no legacy to be seen"
"Biden’s biggest achievements in office—such as legislation in Congress – are crowded out by the overriding view: That he was responsible for inflation, and that he was a mentally unwell Commander-in-Chief," Johnson explained.
"Perhaps the history books will be different, but in the minds of the public there’s no legacy to be seen," the pollster went on to add.
Nevertheless, Democratic strategist Brad Bannon believes that appreciation will grow for the 46th president as time passes.
"I think he's going to be regarded in the future as a prophet, because I think we'll look back at the inflation Reduction Act and his other environmental activism, and say: 'Boy, I wish we had paid more attention then to what he did,'" Bannon was quoted as saying.