Ipsos Core Political : Presidential Approval Tracker (07/22/2021)
Washington, DC, July 22, 2021 – Over half of Americans approve of President Biden’s performance in office but only one-third believe the country is heading in the right direction.
Just over one-third of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction, this is unchanged from two weeks ago when we previously asked this question.
Concern over public health (12%) has increased by three percentage points since last week to become the second most important problem facing the nation. The economy (19%) remains the most important problem, and the health care system (11%) and environment and climate (9%) round out the top four issues.
Concern about public health (17%) among Democrats has continued to increase, from 14% last week and is now tied with the health care system (17%) for the top issue. Environment and climate (15%) is in third place and the economy (14%) is now in fourth place. For Republicans, the economy (22%) is still the most important issue, followed by immigration (16%) and crime or corruption (14%). Finally, among independents, concern over the economy has increased by 14 points to 30% this week, with public health (12%) as a distant second concern.
Over half of Americans continue to approve of President Biden’s performance in office.
Nearly nine in 10 Democrats approve of President Biden’s performance in office, while only half of independents, and less than one-fifth of Republicans do.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between July 21-22, 2021. 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 429 Democrats, 380 Republicans, and 118 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 ± 3.5 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 ± 5.4 percentage points for Democrats, ± 5.7 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.3 percentage points for independents.
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