Americans worse off financially since Biden took office: Poll

The share of Americans saying they've gotten worse off financially doubling since President Joe Biden took office, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

Given inflation stubbornly near a 40-year high, 80% of likely voters in the ABC/Post poll call the economy a top issue in their vote for Congress; 77% say the same about inflation specifically.

Economic discontent and Biden's unpopularity continue to fuel Republican prospects in the closing days of the 2022 midterm election campaign, the poll found.

Biden himself has a 41% approval rating among all adults -- essentially the same as Trump's 40% heading into the 2018 midterms, with attendant losses for his party.

As noted in a previous ABC News analysis, when a president's approval rating has been less than 50%, his party has lost, on average, 37 House seats in midterms since 1946.

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