Poll released on Thursday paints a picture of a pessimistic and divided nation that is far from experiencing the return to normality that had been promised in by Biden a president the country finds neither inspiring nor worthy of confidence . If the president goes on to lose reelection to Trump or any other Republican the warning signs contained in the poll which mirrors his troubles in other recent surveys but goes far deeper on reasons for his malaise will have foreshadowed the story of his downfall . The chief rationale behind Bidens bid for a second term is that he is the best positioned Democrat to beat Trump again . But unless political conditions change significantly in the coming months that narrative may be in doubt . The poll contains sufficient data to suggest that voters doubt Biden who has been on the Washington stage for a half century has the energy to turn his political standing around as did Democrats like Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama after embarking on what looked like treacherous reelection races . Biden passed the kind of bipartisan infrastructure law that had eluded many predecessors . He took office amid the worst public health crisis in years but is not getting credit for much of it despite efforts to parlay historic jobs data and a dip in inflation as a great success as he tries to parlaying historic jobs and the economy as well as the economy . The data in the polls underscores how the GOP is still more beholden to its base . The Data in the Poll also helps explain why there is so little incentive for Republicans who trail Trumps . to get out of the poll. to get away from the poll also helps explains why there are so little of it. The data also helps . to the poll . to ignore the data in an earlier version of . Biden is not to break over the .underestimated