Las Vegas City Wire

President Joe Biden shoulders much of the burden for the surging inflation across the country if a recent poll is to be believed.

“President Joe Biden finally did it. The lackluster leader’s approval rating has fallen below every president of the modern era at this stage of their term. Citing approval polling dating back to Harry S. Truman in 1945, FiveThirtyEight said that no president has been below, or even equal to, Biden’s average of 40.9% on Day 490 of their presidency," wrote Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard.

Trafalgar Group asked voters across the country, likely to vote in the general election, what was to blame for the surging inflation and 59.9% of the 1,091 respondents believed the policies of the Biden administration were at fault. Roughly 31.6% blamed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The survey was held from May 25 to 29 with the margin of error less than 3% with 61.1% of Independent voters blaming Biden.

The Trafalgar Group is an Atlanta-based polling organization founded by Robert Cahaly, a senior strategist and pollster.

According to FiveThirtyEight poll results, Biden's approval rating sat at 40.9% on day 490 (May 25) of his presidency, making him the least popular president at this point in office, the Washington Examiner reported. Biden's net approval rating is also four points lower than Trump's at the same time in office.

According to Fox 5 Vegas, the Nevada Small Business Association has reported that due to mounting costs and lack of employees, restaurants and other small businesses across the state have begun to close down.

“It is a perfect storm. We’re seeing it again and again,” Randi Thompson of the Nevada Small Business Association told Fox 5. “Food is a third of your cost. Labor is a third of your cost. So now you have to raise your rates, or you’re not going to remain in business.”