Ipsos Core Political : Presidential Approval Tracker (03/30/2022)
Washington, DC, March 30, 2022 – This week’s Ipsos’ Core Political finds most Americans believe the country is off on the wrong track as President Joe Biden’s presidential approval rating stands at 42%.
Three in five Americans (61%) believe the country is off on the wrong track, with Republicans (86%) and independents (66%) most likely to believe this, but 37% of Democrats also agree.
One-quarter (25%) of Americans believe the economy is the most important problem facing the nation today, followed by 11% who believe it is war and foreign conflict, 8% who believe it is the healthcare system, and 8% who believe it is crime or corruption. Almost a third (32%) of Republicans believe the economy is the country’s most important issue, with immigration (12%) a distant second issue, and war and foreign conflict now in third place at 8%, tied with crime or corruption (8%). Concern over war and foreign conflict among Republicans has decreased by seven points (15% last week vs. 8%) now. Democrats are more divided on the issues with the economy still in first place at 18%, but the environment and climate (15%) and war and foreign conflict (13%) not far behind.
The majority of Americans (52%) remain disapproving of President Biden’s performance in office, as his approval rating stands at 42% this week.
President Biden has the support of three-quarters (75%) of his Democratic base, but only a third (34%) of independents, and 14% of Republicans.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between March 21-22, 2022. 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 443 Democrats, 381 Republicans, and 117 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 ± 5.7 percentage points for Democrats, ± 6.1 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 11.1 percentage points for independents.
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