President Biden has halted the slide in his job approval rating after taking a hit over the tumultuous exit from Afghanistan, Covid resurgence and uneven economic recovery, the October IBD/TIPP Poll finds. However, Biden’s job approval among Democrats, while still elevated, is leaking air as he seeks consensus with moderates […] Read more »
Consumer Comfort Index: Steep Drop in Economic Confidence
Optimism about the direction of the national economy took its steepest tumble in nearly 13 years in the latest Consumer Comfort survey, with the number of Americans who say the economy is improving falling by 11 percentage points from mid-August to mid-September. Twenty-seven percent say the economy is getting better, […] Read more »
Delta perceptions lock Biden’s economy in perpetual purgatory
The Biden administration arrived in Washington in January with a wind at its back. After months of struggles with Covid-19, a new vaccine seemed poised to tamp down the virus and unleash a period of economic growth. But something happened on the road to recovery: The Delta variant. Delta turned […] Read more »
Trust in Government is Low, but Americans are United around Investments in Technology
Despite low levels of trust in government, the public expresses optimism that federal government initiatives can have a positive impact on their lives—especially investments in technology, according to a new study by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MeriTalk. Few trust the federal government, and confidence in […] Read more »
Americans turn pessimistic amid concerns over economy and coronavirus
The tentatively positive public outlook that marked the first months of the Biden administration has faded, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The survey, released Friday, finds a rising share of Americans who say things in the US are going badly and that the economy is in […] Read more »
President Biden’s Job Approval Dives — And It’s Not Just Afghanistan
President Biden’s job approval rating fell to earth over the past month, amid a tumultuous exit from Afghanistan, Covid resurgence and rising household financial stress, the September IBD/TIPP Poll finds. IBD/TIPP’s Biden job approval level tumbled to 50.7 — the share of adults who approve as a percentage of those […] Read more »