Reuters/Ipsos Core Political Survey: Presidential Approval Tracker (03/04/2021)

Washington, DC, March 4, 2021 — According to the most recent Reuters/Ipsos Core Political survey, over half of Americans continue to approve of Joe Biden and the way he is handling his job as President. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans agree that the economy is the most important problem facing the U.S. today.

Twenty-two percent of Americans say the economy, unemployment, and jobs is the most concerning issue for Americans today. This is followed by public health, disease, and illness (16%), and the current healthcare system (11%).

Among Democrats, public health is most concerning with 1 in 5 saying it is the most important issue. This is followed by 18% who say the economy and 15% who say the healthcare system. Meanwhile, Republicans continue to believe that the economy is most important with 28% citing it as such, followed by 12% who are concerned about immigration and 10% who cite public health. Independents are aligned with Republicans on the economy being the most important problem, with 25% saying so, followed by public health (19%).

Over half (58%) of Americans approve of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as President.

Democratic support for Biden continues to be strong with 92% approving of his performance as President. Among independents, over half approve of Biden (56%) but only 22% of Republicans do so.

About the Study

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between March 3-4, 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 468 Democrats, 356 Republicans and 98 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, ± 5.9 percentage points for Republicans, and ± 11.3 percentage points for independents.  

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