Reuters/Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (02/04/2021)

Washington, DC, February 4, 2021 — Joe Biden is two weeks into his tenure as President of the United States and the most recent Reuters/Ipsos Core Political shows 57% of Americans approve of the way he is handling his job. Meanwhile, Americans say the economy and unemployment, along with public health and disease are the most concerning issues they are facing today.

The economy, unemployment, and jobs (23%), along with public health, disease, and illness (20%) are the most important problems Americans are facing.

• Democrats most commonly cite public health (23%) as the primary issue, followed by the economy (18%), and inequality and discrimination (13%). Meanwhile, Republicans say the opposite with 32% believing the economy is most important followed by 15% who say public health and 10% who say morality. Among Republicans, inequality and discrimination (1%) is ranked as one of the least important problems facing Americans.

Finally, in his second full week in office, 57% of Americans approve of how President Joe Biden is handling his job. Support among his Democratic base is strongest with 94% of Democrats approving of him, while only 24% of Republicans and 46% of independents give their approval.

About the Study

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between February 2-3, 2021 on behalf of Thomson Reuters. 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 429 Democrats, 380 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 ± 3.5 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 ± 5.4 percentage points for Democrats, ± 5.7 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.3 percentage points for independents.  

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