Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (10/19/2022)
Washington, DC, October 19, 2022 – This week’s Ipsos Core Political shows Americans remain pessimistic about the direction the country is headed in as approval of President Joe Biden remains at 40%.
Detailed Findings
One in five Americans believe things in this country are headed in the right direction. The majority (67%) believe things are off on the wrong track. Republicans (90%) and independents (70%) are most likely to believe things are off on the wrong track. Democrats are divided between right direction (41%) and wrong track (47%).
The economy (31%), crime or corruption (8%), the environment and climate (8%), and the healthcare system (7%) are the top four issues for Americans this week. Around this time last year, the economy was also in first place, but 8 points lower (23%). Public health, disease, and illness was in second place (13%), it is now one of the lowest priorities (3%).
All partisans agree that the economy is the top issue, with Republicans (40%) most likely to say so. Concern over the economy has increased by 15 points among Republicans over the last year (25% in late October 2021). After the economy, both Republicans (12%) and independents (9%) believe immigration is the second most important problem, while Democrats believe it is the environment and climate (14%).
Approval of President Joe Biden’s performance in office remains stable at 40% this week. Meanwhile, 54% disapprove. This time last year, 46% approved of President Biden.
Seventy-nine percent of Democrats approve of President Biden’s performance in office, but only 33% of independents and 8% of Republicans approve.
When considering who they will vote for in the upcoming November 2022 midterm election, just over 1 in 3 (36%) Americans say they are most likely to vote for the Democratic candidate, while 35% say the Republican candidate. Eleven percent say they will not or do not plan to vote and 15% say they don’t know. Only 4% say they are planning to vote for a candidate from another party. As expected, the majority of Democrats (89%) and the majority of Republicans (87%) say they will vote for a candidate from their own party. Meanwhile, most independents are likely to say they do not know who they will vote for (38%) or will not/do not plan to vote (22%).
About the Study
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between October 17-18, 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 446 Democrats, 353 Republicans, and 120 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, ± 6.4 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 11 percentage points for independents.
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