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President Biden continues to lose ground with the American public on a range of issues
New ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Americans divided on involvement in Ukraine, Supreme Court
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/president-biden-continues-lose-ground-american-public
Detailed findings
1. Americans are divided on the Supreme Court and Biden’s handling of a new justice.
Americans are split on believing the Supreme Court decides cases “on the basis of law” (38%) versus “on the basis of their partisan political views” (43%).
Republicans are more likely to believe law prevails (46% law, 33% partisan views) while Democrats are more likely to think politics prevail (32% law, 52% partisan views).
Americans overwhelmingly believe Joe Biden should “consider all possible nominees” (76%) rather than “consider only nominees who are Black women, as he has pledged to do” (23%).
Partisanship drives major differences in attitudes about the next Supreme Court pick, with virtually all Republicans saying “consider all” (95%) compared to only half of Democrats (54%).
2. Americans are divided on potential involvement in Ukraine.
When asked if they would support or oppose “sending U.S. troops into Eastern Europe to try to discourage a Russian invasion of Ukraine”, Americans are split evenly between support (29%), opposition (38%), and indecision (32% don’t know).
Democrats are slightly more supportive of U.S. engagement with Ukraine (41% support, 29% oppose) while Republicans are more in opposition (28% support, 46% oppose).
3. President Biden continues to lose ground with the American public on a range of issues including response to the coronavirus and economic recovery.
One year after entering office, Biden has lost the approval of almost one in five Americans (19%) on his response to the coronavirus, dropping from 69% approve in January 2021 to 50% approve in January 2022.
Views of Biden remain strongly tied to partisanship with four in five (82%) Democrats approving his handling of the pandemic versus less than one in five (16%) of Republicans.
However, declines in approval are broad based. Biden has lost 15 points with Democrats (97% -> 82%), 24 points with Republicans (40% -> 16%), and 17 points with independents (70% -> 53%) from January 2021 to now.
The President has lost similar levels of support on his handling of the economic recovery, down 18 points from 60% approve in March 2021 to 42% approve now.
Public approval of other facets of Biden’s administration are also more negative than positive including two-thirds (69%) disapproving of his handling of gun violence, 69% disapproving his handling of inflation, 64% disapproving his handling of crime, and 64% disapproving his handling of immigration.
4. Americans feel gloomy about the economy, despite positive macro-economic indicators.
Only one in four Americans (25%) would describe the nation’s economy as excellent or good.
The large majority of Americans (75%) describe the economy as not so good (47%) or poor (28%).
Partisanship drives some of the assessment with Democrats split (46% good, 53% not good) vs Republicans very critical (7% good vs 93% not good).
New ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Americans divided on involvement in Ukraine, Supreme Court
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/president-biden-continues-lose-ground-american-public
Detailed findings
1. Americans are divided on the Supreme Court and Biden’s handling of a new justice.
Americans are split on believing the Supreme Court decides cases “on the basis of law” (38%) versus “on the basis of their partisan political views” (43%).
Republicans are more likely to believe law prevails (46% law, 33% partisan views) while Democrats are more likely to think politics prevail (32% law, 52% partisan views).
Americans overwhelmingly believe Joe Biden should “consider all possible nominees” (76%) rather than “consider only nominees who are Black women, as he has pledged to do” (23%).
Partisanship drives major differences in attitudes about the next Supreme Court pick, with virtually all Republicans saying “consider all” (95%) compared to only half of Democrats (54%).
2. Americans are divided on potential involvement in Ukraine.
When asked if they would support or oppose “sending U.S. troops into Eastern Europe to try to discourage a Russian invasion of Ukraine”, Americans are split evenly between support (29%), opposition (38%), and indecision (32% don’t know).
Democrats are slightly more supportive of U.S. engagement with Ukraine (41% support, 29% oppose) while Republicans are more in opposition (28% support, 46% oppose).
3. President Biden continues to lose ground with the American public on a range of issues including response to the coronavirus and economic recovery.
One year after entering office, Biden has lost the approval of almost one in five Americans (19%) on his response to the coronavirus, dropping from 69% approve in January 2021 to 50% approve in January 2022.
Views of Biden remain strongly tied to partisanship with four in five (82%) Democrats approving his handling of the pandemic versus less than one in five (16%) of Republicans.
However, declines in approval are broad based. Biden has lost 15 points with Democrats (97% -> 82%), 24 points with Republicans (40% -> 16%), and 17 points with independents (70% -> 53%) from January 2021 to now.
The President has lost similar levels of support on his handling of the economic recovery, down 18 points from 60% approve in March 2021 to 42% approve now.
Public approval of other facets of Biden’s administration are also more negative than positive including two-thirds (69%) disapproving of his handling of gun violence, 69% disapproving his handling of inflation, 64% disapproving his handling of crime, and 64% disapproving his handling of immigration.
4. Americans feel gloomy about the economy, despite positive macro-economic indicators.
Only one in four Americans (25%) would describe the nation’s economy as excellent or good.
The large majority of Americans (75%) describe the economy as not so good (47%) or poor (28%).
Partisanship drives some of the assessment with Democrats split (46% good, 53% not good) vs Republicans very critical (7% good vs 93% not good).
