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Less than half of Americans believe President Joe Biden is mentally stable enough to serve as president, according to a Fox News poll released Monday.

Confidence in Biden’s mental fitness has continuously  dropped since July, when only 39% of Americans said he was mentally unfit. Just 49% of respondents to Monday’s poll were confident that Biden is mentally fit enough to serve as president, while 48% believe he is not.

Fox said the poll, conducted Sept. 12 – 15, has a 3% margin of error. Democratic respondents to the poll also outnumbered Republican respondents 44% to 39%.

America’s apparent falling confidence in Biden has also manifested in his approval rating, which has continued to fall since June. A Reuters/Ispos poll put the president at just 44% approval on Thursday, a steep drop from the 54% approval he enjoyed when he entered office.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the Executive Office Building September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden delivered his remarks while meeting with business leaders and CEO’s on the administration’s COVID-19 response. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPT. 15: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the Executive Office Building Sept. 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden delivered his remarks while meeting with business leaders and CEO’s on the administration’s COVID-19 response. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Swaths of Americans are turning sour on Biden’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the poll, with his disapproval rating sitting at 50%. Biden’s current polling is among the lowest for any sitting president at this time in office, excepting former President Donald Trump, who sat at 38% approval his first year. (RELATED: ‘It’s A Nightmare Number For The White House’: Politico Reporter Breaks Down Biden’s Falling Approval Ratings)

Biden’s troubles began with Americans’ lack of confidence in his immigration policies, and while he came into office with a high approval rating for his COVID-19 policies, just 48% approve of those policies now.

Biden also took a hit thanks to his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. While the vast majority of Americans supported ending the 20-year-long war, polling indicates they did not approve of how Biden executed the withdrawal.