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The
three-day online poll, which asked Americans, "Do you approve or
disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as
president?" and ended on Monday, showed a marginal decrease from
his 41% approval rating a month earlier, within the survey's
three percentage point margin of error.
The largest number of respondents -- 21% -- cited the economy as
their top concern, following by 15% who cited crime or
corruption. The White House in recent weeks has kicked off a
series of events aimed to lift Americans' dour mood about the
economy, touting what it calls the Democratic president's "Bidenomics"
agenda.
Biden's rating is identical to his Republican predecessor Donald
Trump's 41% approval at this point in his presidency, a
relatively low number compared to their immediate predecessors,
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican George W. Bush.
Respondents were evenly split in their views of the Supreme
Court's decision last month to strike down Biden's student loan
forgiveness program, with 49% supporting the decision and 48%
opposed. A majority -- 60% -- said they supported the court's
move to end the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
Some 70% of respondents said they would support term limits for
Supreme Court justices, including 85% of Democrats and 56% of
Republicans. The poll was conducted following the high court’s
term, which saw the court strike down college affirmative action
programs as well as Biden's student debt plan.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online, in English, and
collected responses from 1,028 adults, using a nationally
representative sample.
(Reporting by Josephine Walker; Editing by Scott Malone and
Alistair Bell)
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