Reuters/Ipsos Core Political: Presidential Approval Tracker (07/22/2020)

Washington, DC, July 22, 2020 –  The latest edition of the Reuters/Ipsos Core Political survey shows that Americans continue to see the country as headed in the wrong direction. The economy, jobs, and healthcare continue to be the top concerns for most Americans. President Donald Trump’s overall approval rating and approval on his handling of coronavirus remain stable and President Trump continues to trail behind former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the presidency.

Dissatisfaction with the country remains at the highest mark of the Trump administration, with 67% of all Americans and 68% of registered voters perceiving the country as being off on the wrong track.

• Democratic registered voters (87% say wrong track) and independent registered voters (70% say wrong track) are the most pessimistic about the direction of the country.
• Republican registered voters are split, with 44% saying the country is going in the right direction and 44% saying the country is off on the wrong track. The number of Republican registered voters reporting the country is going in the right direction has declined about 20 points since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The economy and jobs (28%) and healthcare (19%) remain the top concerns for many Americans.

• About one in five Americans (19%) volunteer other issues as the major concern, with about half volunteering that coronavirus is the biggest problem. Other cited issues include racism, partisanship, and the current administration.
• Democratic registered voters are equally concerned with healthcare (26%) and the economy and jobs (25%) this week. About 23% of Democratic registered voters also cited other issues as their main concern.
• One-third of Republican registered voters say the economy and jobs are the biggest problems (32%), unchanged from last week. Eighteen percent of Republican registered voters are concerned with other issues. Republican registered voters also view healthcare (10%), morality (10%), and crime (9%) as important issues.

President Trump’s job approval rating stands at 38% among all Americans.

• Republican registered voters (80%) continue to approve of President Trump’s job performance.
• Democratic registered voters are very critical of President Trump’s job performance, with just one in ten approving (9%).
• About one-third of independents registered voters (31%) approve of Trump’s job performance.
• About 38% of Americans approve of his handling of coronavirus.

Forty-six percent of registered voters say if the election for president were held today, they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, compared to 38% who would vote for President Trump.

• Independent registered voters are divided between supporting Trump (23%), supporting Biden (29%), and supporting another candidate (24%).
• Both major parties are in support of their candidates. Democratic registered voters say they would vote for Biden (83%), while Republican registered voters say they would vote for Trump (80%).

About the Study

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between July 15-21, 2020 on behalf of Thomson Reuters. For this survey, a sample of 4,430 Americans age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii were interviewed online in English. The sample includes 3,744 registered voters, 1,823 Democratic registered voters, 1,445 Republican registered voters, and 363 independent registered voters. 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 ± 1.7 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 ± 1.8 percentage points for all registered voters, ± 2.6 percentage points for Democratic registered voters, ± 2.9 percentage points for Republican registered voters, and ± 5.9 percentage points for independent registered voters. 

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