It’s not totally new to us, seeing this kind of results from Joe Biden was already expected. But thanks anyway to this new poll, sleeping Dems can finally realize they have installed the wrong guy in the office.
As Joe Biden faces a critical moment for his agenda, Americans’ confidence in his handling of a range of issues is eroding, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
Compared to an August ABC News/Ipsos poll, public approval of how Biden is handling key issues like the pandemic, immigration and the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, gun violence and even rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, the issue he’s pushing this week is on the decline.
Dissatisfaction among Republicans and independents is fueling the decline, but Biden’s ratings are also hampered by more lackluster approval among members of his own party than presidents typically enjoy.
From the ABC News reports:
The issues-specific poll reflects Biden’s overall approval rating of 49% disapproval and 45% approval as shown by FiveThirtyEight’s averages. It also reveals that the president’s strongest numbers come from his approval on how he’s handling the COVID-19 pandemic, with 57% of Americans approving.
But the poll, which was conducted from Sept. 24-28 and came almost a month after the service members withdrawals from Afghanistan and the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in a terrorist attack at the Kabul International Airport, shows the president’s numbers declining from those reported in an ABC News/Ipsos poll in August.
It shows the poll that 91% of most Democrats still support Biden’s handling of COVID-19, 87% support infrastructure rebuilding, and 84% support economic recovery.
Democrats, on the other hand, decreased their support for him in three areas: 69% on the handling of Afghanistan, 65% on gun violence, and 60% on immigration and the southern border.
The poll revealed that due to lower numbers from his own party in the poll, Biden’s overall approval fell below 40% on key issues such as gun violence (38%), Afghanistan (38%), and the border situation (33%).
On the pandemic, Biden’s popularity fell 7 points overall and among Republicans, and vaccination hesitancy by 14 points, and could hinder his numbers further as shots become approved for children as shown in the poll:
- When the coronavirus vaccine becomes available, 56 % of children under the age of 12 said they will give their child the vaccine.
- 43% of parents say they will not have their children vaccinated.
- 21% of parents who have had at least one shot say they’re not likely to get their children vaccinated.
- 89% of unvaccinated parents said they’re not likely to have their children get the shots.
- 78% of Democrats said they will get their children vaccinated.
- 61% of independents said they’ll get their children vaccinated.
- 38% of Republicans responded that their children will be vaccinated.
According to the poll, Biden’s economic recovery from the epidemic is causing him problems, with the numbers almost equally divided at 51% to 48%. However, since the August poll, the number of people who disapprove of Biden on the economy has increased by 7 points.
Americans still approve of how Biden has handled the passage of a bill to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, with disapproval increasing by 9 points since the August poll to 55% in favor and 44% against, the poll also showed:
- Republicans’ approval dropped by 10 points, while independents’ approval dropped by 9 points.
- 71% of black Americans and 70% of Hispanic Americans approve of his handling of infrastructure, while 54% of white Americans disagree.
On immigration:
- 58% believe the United States should allow migrants seeking asylum to remain, but 40% said they should be immediately deported to their home countries.
- 83% of Democrats and 57% of independents think migrants should be allowed to stay until their asylum cases are heard, but 72% of Republicans said they should be deported.
The poll was conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs‘ KnowledgePanel among a random national sample of 1,101 adults. This included an oversample of 537 parents with children under the age of 12. The overall results had a margin of error of 3.7 points, and among parents, the margin of error was 4.7 points. The poll included 31% Democrats; 24% Republicans; and 36% independents.