Ipsos Core Political : Presidential Approval Tracker (07/20/2022)
Washington, DC, July 20, 2022 – This week’s Ipsos Core Political has the majority of Americans believing things in this country are off on the wrong track as President Biden holds a 36% approval rating.
Seven out of 10 Americans believe things in this country are off on the wrong track, up 18 points from this time last year when 52% of Americans thought so. This sentiment is felt primarily by Republicans (89%) and independents (66%) but 56% of Democrats think so as well.
Americans are most concerned about the economy, unemployment, and jobs (30%). Republicans are particularly concerned with the economy (37%) compared to just a quarter of Democrats (23%). Among all Americans, crime or corruption (11%) is the second most important issue, followed by a two-way tie between the healthcare system (8%) and the environment (8%). Democrats and Republicans continue to have different perceptions about the problems facing the country. For Democrats, the environment (14%) and the healthcare system (13%) are more important than crime or corruption (10%) which is tied for fourth place with inequality and discrimination (10%). In contrast, Republicans believe that immigration (12%) is more important than the healthcare system (5%) and the environment (2%).
President Biden’s approval rating is at 36% this week, with 59% disapproving. This time last year, Biden had a 54% approval rating (on July 22, 2021).
Sixty-nine percent of Democrats approve of Biden’s performance in office, this time last year 89% of Democrats did, a 20-point drop. Among independents, only 27% approve, down 30 points from this time last year when 57% approved. Finally, only 11% of Republicans approve of Biden’s performance in office, not much different from this time last year when 17% approved.
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between July 18-19, 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 410 Democrats, 392 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, ± 6.1 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.5 percentage points for independents.
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