Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (08/24/2022)
Washington, DC, August 24, 2022 – This week’s Ipsos Core Political has President Biden with a 41% approval rating. Regardless of party affiliation, the economy remains the most important problem facing the nation.
Detailed Findings
The economy (29%) remains the most important problem facing the nation, distantly followed by crime or corruption (9%), the environment and climate (8%), and public health (7%). This time last year, public health (16%) and the economy (15%) were tied as the two most important problems facing the country.
This wave, the economy tops the lists of important problems for Democrats (21%), Republicans (39%), and independents (33%) alike. And while all partisans report that the economy is the most important issue, Republicans are nearly twice as likely to say the economy is the most important problem than Democrats. For Democrats, the environment and climate (15%) and crime or corruption (11%) follow the economy as second and third most important, respectively. For Republicans, immigration (12%) and crime or corruption (8%) are a distant second and third most important problem, respectively. For independents, public health (10%) is the second most important while immigration, the healthcare system, morality, and crime or corruption are tied for third (6% each).
President Biden’s approval rating is at 41% this week, an eight point drop from this time last year when he was at a 49% approval rating.
Nearly four in five (78%) Democrats approve of Biden’s work in office, but only 33% of independents and 12% of Republicans approve. This time last year, 86% of Democrats approved of Biden’s performance in office, showing an eight point drop in the last year. Republican approval for Biden is stable from this time last year (10%).
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between August 22-23, 2022. For this survey, a sample of 1,005 Americans age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii were interviewed online in English. The sample includes 458 Democrats, 379 Republicans, and 107 independents. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ± 3.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Americans been polled. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including but not limited to coverage error and measurement error. The poll also has a credibility interval of ± 5.6 percentage points for Democrats, ± 6.2 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 11.6 percentage points for independents.
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