Ipsos Core Political : Presidential Approval Tracker (02/24/2022)
Washington, DC, February 24, 2022 – This week’s Ipsos’ Core Political, fielded on February 22-23 before the most recent phase of the Ukraine-Russian conflict, shows that Americans remain concerned with the economy although are divided on the importance of other issues. Americans’ approval of Joe Biden’s presidential performance remains low but holds steady.
Detailed Findings
The economy, unemployment and jobs holds steady as the most important issue facing the country (23%). Americans are split with just under one in ten saying the healthcare system (9%) and public health, disease, and illness (9%) are the most important issues. The focus on crime and corruption (8%) has decreased from last week while concern for war and foreign conflict has increased by four points since the beginning of the year.
The economy remains the top issue for Republicans, independents, and Democrats (28%, 24%, and 19%, respectively). Republicans are more likely to cite crime or corruption (13%) and immigration (12%) as the most important issues, while Democrats are most likely to be concerned over the health care system (13%) and public health (14%).
American’s approval of Joe Biden’s job performance continues to be muted with 43% of Americans approving of his performance as President. Over half (53%) report disapproving of the way Biden is handling his job.
Republicans remain most critical of Biden’s job performance with under one in ten (9%) approving of his performance, showing a drop of seven percentage points from the previous week (16%). Democrats (79%) and independents (39%) show similar levels compared to previous weeks.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between February 22-23, 2022. For this survey, a sample of 1,004 Americans age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii were interviewed online in English. The sample includes 420 Democrats, 394 Republicans, and 131 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 ± 5.9 percentage points for Democrats, ± 6.0 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.5 percentage points for independents.
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Chris Jackson
Senior Vice President, US
Public Affairs
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Annaleise Lohr
Director, US
Public Affairs
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