Just nine months ago today, President Joe Biden solemnly swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Since that fateful day, his administration has worked systematically to shred the Constitution. And, apparently, the American people are paying attention.

Two new national polls put Biden’s job approval at 37%, the lowest level of his presidency.

On Tuesday, Quinnipiac released results from a survey of 1,342 adults conducted between Oct. 15 – 18 that shows Biden’s approval at 37% and disapproval at 52%, a 15% negative gap. Among the registered voters in this group (1,168), Biden’s approval was 40% and his disapproval 51%, a slight improvement.

Perhaps the most significant results are those from registered independents. Among this group, 28% approve of his job performance and 56% do not, a 28% negative gap.

Independents decide elections.

As one would expect, 95% of Republicans disapprove of Biden’s handling of the country while only 3% approve. The numbers are reversed for the Democrats, with 80% approving of his performance and 11% who do not.

A second national poll of 915 adults from Grinnell College, conducted by pollster Ann Selzer (best known for the Des Moines, Iowa, polls) between Oct. 13-17, showed Biden’s approval at 37% and his disapproval at 50%.

These dismal results have dragged the RealClearPolitics average of Biden approval polls down to 42.3%. With average disapproval at 51.2%, the president is now underwater by 8.9 points.

That number has doubled over the past two weeks.

Biden’s numbers began to crater in the days leading up to the fall of Kabul. Democrats expected his approval to bounce back after the initial shock of his disastrous handling of the Afghanistan crisis had blown over. The rebound failed to materialize, and though there have been some minor fluctuations, the general direction has been down.

Political analyst Byron York writes in his daily newsletter that “as president, Biden is hemorrhaging clout. With every drop in his approval rating comes a drop in his influence on Capitol Hill, on his ability to push, cajole, and threaten members of Congress to do what he wants.”

York also points out the correlation between a president’s job-approval rating to his party’s fortunes in the 2022 midterm elections. “Unless Biden can reverse the current direction of his polls, he will be a drag on his party, which already faces a struggle to keep its exceedingly tenuous grip on power on Capitol Hill.”

Recently, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, was heard on a hot mic saying that the president’s unpopularity presented a head wind for his campaign.

God knows we’re sorry.

Happy as I am to see Biden’s favorability cratering because it will act as a brake on the most drastic items on his agenda, his missteps have clearly reduced America’s standing in the world and made it a more dangerous place.

On the bright side, the fact that Biden’s margins of disapproval continue to widen tells us that as time goes on, more and more Americans are paying attention. Although it may seem incomprehensible to those of us who follow politics on a daily basis, most Americans ignore politics.

The fiasco in Afghanistan, followed by the vaccine mandate, certainly captured their attention. But I imagine it was Attorney General Merrick Garland’s mobilization of the FBI against concerned parents that had the greatest impact. That struck a nerve.

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