Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (06/24/2021)
Washington, DC, June 24, 2021 – Only one-third of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction as concern for the economy increases. Meanwhile, President Biden has a 53% approval rating, driven by his Democratic base.
While six in 10 Democrats believe the country is headed in the right direction, 76% of Republicans think it is off on the wrong track. Independents tend to agree with Republicans with 58% also believing the country is off on the wrong track. Overall, 36% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction. This time last year, only 22% believed that, indicating some renewed optimism about the state of the nation.
Concern over the economy (24%) rose three points since last week and continues to be the most cited problem. While immigration (8%) was in second place last week, it is now in fifth, replaced by inequality (10%) and the health care system and corruption (both 9%).
The economy continues to be the most commonly cited problem that the nation is facing. However, concern over inequality and discrimination (19%) has increased among Democrats, from 14% last week. Republicans still believe immigration (18%) is the second most important problem while independents remain concerned about crime or corruption (12%).
President Biden continues to have a higher approval rating than former President Trump had at this time last year.
Eighty-eight percent of Democrats approve of President Biden’s performance in office. Meanwhile, Republican approval remains low, with only 21% expressing their approval.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between June 23-24, 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 467 Democrats, 361 Republicans, and 113 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 ± 5.2 percentage points for Democrats, ± 5.9 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.5 percentage points for independents.
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