With millions of Americans being vaccinated against COVID-19 every day and states increasingly loosening restrictions, the public is now less likely to say the coronavirus is the most important problem facing the nation than at any point since March 2020. … Americans’ satisfaction with the direction of the country is […] Read more »
At 100 days, Biden’s approval remains strong. Can the honeymoon last?
As President Joe Biden nears his 100th day in office, slightly more than half of Americans say they approve of his job performance. Biden gets his highest marks on handling the Covid-19 pandemic and his lowest on the situation at the southern border. Those are the results of a new […] Read more »
Biden Still Riding High Amid Infrastructure, Tax-Hike Push
President Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped slightly in the new IBD/TIPP Poll. Yet he’s still enjoying a relative honeymoon as he begins his push for a major expansion of infrastructure and social benefits, paid for with tax hikes on corporations and investment gains. Biden’s IBD/TIPP job approval level of 62 […] Read more »
The political impact of post-Covid optimism
It’s been a long hard year for many Americans, from the arrival of COVID-19 and the economic pain it brought to a contentious presidential election and post-election period. But as COVID vaccination rates rise, key data points suggest something is lurking in the American electorate that we haven’t seen for […] Read more »
U.S. Satisfaction Continues to Improve in March
Americans’ satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. continued to improve in March, as 32% say they are satisfied with the direction of the country. This is the second monthly increase Gallup has recorded after the measure fell to its lowest point in nearly a decade in […] Read more »
Can this political moment of good feelings last?
In our partisan times, it’s hard to find polling results that go against the grain, so to speak. Over the past four years, then-President Trump’s position on any given issue cleaved public opinion along party lines, regardless of the merits. Democrats opposed opening schools simply because Education Secretary Betsy DeVos […] Read more »