President Joe Biden’s approval rating has fallen to the lowest level of his presidency – 40% – as strong majorities of all voters disapprove of his handling of foreign policy and the war between Israel and Hamas, according to the latest NBC News national poll.

Additionally, the poll finds Biden trailing former President Donald Trump for the first time in a hypothetical general election matchup, although the deficit is well within the poll’s margin of error for an election that is still more of 11 months.

The erosion for Biden is more pronounced among Democrats, a majority of whom think Israel has gone too far in its military action in Gaza, and among voters aged 18 to 34, with 70% of them disapproving of the Biden’s handling of the war.

“I don’t support his support for Israel,” said Meg Furey, 40, a Democrat from Austin, Texas.

“Broken promises, student loans, foreign policy in general,” said Democrat Zico Schell, 23, of San Diego, when asked why he disapproves of Biden’s job performance.

“Joe Biden is at a particularly low point in his presidency, and a significant part of that, especially within the Biden coalition, is due to how Americans perceive his foreign policy actions,” said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies.

McInturff said he can’t remember another time when foreign affairs not involving U.S. troops transformed the American political landscape.

“This poll is stunning, and it’s stunning because of the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas on Biden,” he said.

But Horwitt warned that Biden can bring these disaffected Democrats and young voters back into the fold. “These are people who have proven themselves by voting for Biden and the Democrats,” he said.

And, he added, there is still plenty of time – and more potential political surprises to come – between now and Election Day 2024, which could see the political landscape transformed once again.

“Jury verdicts in the Trump trials, unforeseen events both abroad and at home, and the rigors of campaigning all have a funny way of upending what may be true today,” he said. Horwitt said.

According to the poll, 40% of registered voters approve of Biden’s job performance, while 57% disapprove, representing the all-time low in approval (and all-time high in disapproval) in the poll since he became president.

This is only a slight change overall from September, when Biden’s approval rating was 41%, which was then tied with his previous low in the poll.

Yet what stands out in the new survey is the shift among voters aged 18 to 34. In September, 46% of those voters said they approved of Biden’s job performance.

NOW? Biden’s approval rating fell to 31% among these voters.

Sixty-two percent now disapprove of Biden’s handling of foreign policy

Another low point for the president, just 33% of all voters approve of Biden’s handling of foreign policy, down 8 points from September.

That compares to 62% of voters, including 30% of Democrats, who say they disapprove of the president’s handling of foreign policy.

And just 34% of all voters approve of Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, compared to 56% who say they disapprove.

By party, only half of Democratic voters (51%) say they approve of Biden’s handling of the war, compared to a majority of independents (59%) and Republicans (69%) who say they disapprove.

Regarding the economy, fewer than 4 in 10 voters — 38% — say they approve of the way the president has handled the issue, an increase of one point compared to September.

Democrats are divided on the war between Israel and Hamas

The NBC News poll – conducted November 10-14 – comes more than a month after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,000 Israelis, and the subsequent war in Gaza, which has killed thousands more Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials.

The poll found that a majority of American voters, 47 percent, believe that Israel is defending its interests in the war and that its military actions in Gaza are justified.

In comparison, 30% think Israel’s military actions have gone too far and are not justified. 21% say they don’t know enough to have an opinion.

Yet among Democratic voters, 51% think Israel has gone too far, compared to 27% who say Israeli military actions are justified.

And while a majority of voters overall (55%) support the United States providing military aid to Israel, nearly half of Democrats (49%) say they are opposed to such aid.

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