Biden's failing report card: 37% of voters grade his first year an F

If failing grades are a sign of ill-preparedness, President Joe Biden needs to hit the books as a devastating new poll showed more than a third of American voters grade his first year at the White House with an 'F.'

The survey was conducted by Politico and Morning Consult and released on Wednesday, one day before the first anniversary of Biden's inauguration.

Asked to give the president a report card for his first year running the country, the largest share of respondents -- 37 percent -- flunked him.

Twenty percent gave Biden a 'B' and 18 percent graded him a 'C.' The smallest share of people surveyed, 11 percent, gave him top marks.

In another blow, 52 percent of American surveyed say they view Biden as a 'weak leader.'

A year full of crises -- including a record number of migrants straining local infrastructure at the southern border, an increasingly aggressive Russia and out-of-control inflation that's reached its highest point in 40 years -- have served to weaken the 79-year-old president's image despite him coming to power promising to restore the United States' place in the world and heal political divisions.

They're topics Biden will likely have to answer for at his highly-anticipated 4 p.m. press conference later this afternoon.

Forty-four percent of voters also believe Biden is handling the coronavirus pandemic poorly, with cases soaring and the Omicron variant forcing nationwide staffing shortages despite running on a campaign promise to 'shut down' the virus.

And despite marketing himself as the antithesis of Republican rival Donald Trump, their end-of-year report cards are strikingly similar.

After his first year in office, 35 percent of voters graded Trump with an 'F' -- slightly less than the share failing Biden.

Trump also netted a higher concentration of 'A' and 'B' marks compared to Biden, while their 'D' grades were virtually the same.

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