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latest national public opinion poll, conducted Oct. 6-7, found
that 48% of U.S. adults approved of Biden’s performance in
office, which is up by 4 percentage points from a similar poll
that ran in mid-September.
Meanwhile 47% disapproved of Biden in the latest survey, which
is down 3 points from the September poll.
The rise in Biden’s approval has mirrored a recent drop in U.S.
coronavirus cases. A Reuters tally shows there are a little more
than 100,000 reported cases on average each day, which is 40% of
the peak infection rate in January.
The president's standing with the American public recently has
been entwined with the state of the U.S. pandemic.
Many voters supported Biden's presidential bid in 2020 because
they thought he would be better than former President Donald
Trump at pulling the country out of the health crisis. And since
he was elected, Biden has routinely received higher levels of
support for his response to the coronavirus than for other parts
of his agenda.
When the Delta variant drove up infection rates around the
country this summer, Biden's approval numbers took a hit.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English throughout
the United States. The latest poll gathered responses from a
total of 1,005 adults, including 414 Democrats and 365
Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of
precision - of 4 percentage points.
(Reporting by Chris Kahn; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
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