Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (12/14/2022)
Washington, DC, December 14, 2022 – The most recent Ipsos Core Political survey shows entrenched feelings about the direction of the country, and a steady, but low, approval rating for President Joe Biden.
Detailed Findings
Just 24% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction, a similar proportion for much of 2022. Republicans are least likely to see the country as headed in the right direction, with just 11% saying so. Democrats are more likely to say the country is headed in the right direction (43%), but a nearly equal number say the country is headed off on the wrong track (45%).
Americans continue to say the economy is the most important problem facing the United States today. Republicans (35%), Democrats (29%), and independents (34%), agree on this point. Crime and corruption is the next most important issue for Americans (11%), but interestingly, it is not the second most important issue for Republicans or Democrats, though a similar number of Republicans (11%), Democrats (8%) and independents (13%) agree that it is the most important problem. Fifteen percent of Democrats say that the environment and climate is the most important problem after the economy, while just 4% of Republicans and 5% of independents agree. Fourteen percent of Republicans say that immigration is the most important problem, while just 1% of Democrats and 4% of independents say so.
About two in five Americans approve of how Biden is handling his job as president, while 56% disapprove.
Democrats continue to report the strongest support for Biden (77%), while just 24% of independents and 14% of Republicans approve.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between December 12-13, 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 450 Democrats, 346 Republicans, and 140 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 ± 5.7 percentage points for Democrats, ± 6.5 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.1 percentage points for independents.
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