Reuters/Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (02/25/2021)

Washington, DC, February 25, 2021 — One month into his presidency, Joe Biden’s approval rating among Americans holds steady, with 57% of Americans approving of the way he is handling the job. This according to the most recent Reuters/Ipsos Core Political survey. When it comes to the top issues Americans are facing, the economy and public health remain the most pressing.

Twenty-seven percent of Americans say the economy, unemployment, and jobs (27%), along with public health, disease, and illness (17%) are the most concerning issues for Americans today. These are followed by concern for the current healthcare system (10%) and inequality and discrimination (7%).

The economy continues to be most concerning to Republicans (36%), followed by public health (10%), and morality (10%). Among Democrats, public health is most pressing (24%), with the economy coming in second (20%), and the healthcare system coming in third (13%). Independents are aligned with Republicans on the economy being the most important problem, with 36% saying so, followed by public health (12%).

Fifty-seven percent of Americans approve of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as President one month into his presidency. This is compared to the 45% approval rating that Donald Trump had one month into his own term. Biden is also performing better on disapproval as only 37% of Americans disapprove, compared to a 50% disapproval rating for Donald Trump at around the same time of his presidency.

Democrats continue to strongly support Biden with 87% of them approving of the way he is handling his presidential duties. Among independents, over half approve of Biden (57%) but only 19% of Republicans do so.

About the Study

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between February 24-25, 2021 on behalf of Thomson Reuters. 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 455 Democrats, 374 Republicans and 122 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 ± 5.2 percentage points for Democrats, ± 5.8 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 10.1 percentage points for independents.  

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