Ipsos Core Political : Presidential Approval Tracker (01/27/2022)
Washington, DC, January 27, 2022 – This week’s Ipsos’ Core Political shows that Americans continue to be divided about the main problem facing the nation. Just over two in five Americans report they approve of how Joe Biden is handling the presidency.
A quarter of Americans say they view the economy, unemployment, and jobs as the most important issue facing the country (25%). Public health, disease, and illness is a top priority for 12% of Americans, followed by the health care system at 10%.
About one-third of Republicans (31%) report that the economy is the most important problem facing the country, compared to one in five Democrats (21%) and independents (23%). Immigration is a distant second place (13%) for Republicans, while just 8% of independents and 2% of Democrats cite this as a top issue. Democrats are more concerned with public health and disease (16%) as the next most important issue, while independents report that it is the health care system (13%).
Forty-five percent of Americans approve of Joe Biden’s job performance.
Republicans (11%) remain extremely critical of Biden’s job performance, with just one in ten reporting they approve of how he is handling the position. Democrats, on the other hand, are much more likely to be supportive, with 82% reporting they approve of how he is handling the job. About two in five independents (41%) report that they approve.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between January 26-27, 2022. For this survey, a sample of 1,002 Americans age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii were interviewed online in English. The sample includes 431 Democrats, 380 Republicans, and 121 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 ± 10.2 percentage points for independents.
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