Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (05/05/2021)
Washington, DC, May 5, 2021 – President Biden enters the month of May with a 55% approval rating, unchanged from the week prior. Americans are most concerned about the economy, public health, inequality, and immigration.
The economy (20%) remains the top issue for Americans. Eleven percent of Americans are most concerned about public health, and inequality and immigration are tied for third place at 10% each.
Democrats believe public health (18%) is the most critical problem facing the U.S. today, a sentiment shared by only 5% of independents and 8% of Republicans. This issue is then closely followed by the economy (17%) and inequality (16%). For Republicans, the economy (25%) has overtaken immigration (17%) this week as the most important issue. Finally, independents are most concerned about the economy (17%), the healthcare system (14%), and crime/corruption (14%).
Fifty-five percent of Americans continue to approve of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as President.
Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats approve of Biden’s performance as President. Meanwhile, only 22% of Republicans and 49% of independents do.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between May 4-5, 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 433 Democrats, 403 Republicans, and 105 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, ± 5.6 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.9 percentage points for independents.
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