President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son has an approval rating of only 22% according to a poll.
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research surveyed 1,251 adults in the days since the president announced he was pardoning his son Hunter from the federal gun and tax fraud convictions, including those offenses he “may have committed or taken part in” dating back to 2014. The move divided the Democratic Party and voters as a whole, as only about half approved of the pardon.
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Almost a fifth of those surveyed neither approved or disapproved of Biden’s decision, while 8% claimed they didn’t know enough to approve or disapprove. When it came to party affiliation, 80% of Republican respondents disapproved and 51% of independent respondents disapproved. Only 38% of Democratic respondents approved and 27% noted their disapproval.
Hunter Biden was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days. He also pleaded guilty to three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses.
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He is the 26th person to receive a presidential pardon from Joe Biden. It notably came after his party ousted the president as the Democratic nominee and after Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election to Donald Trump.
This poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
