Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, September 15, 2021
BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%
Same as Monday
RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 44% (Quinnipiac, Trafalgar) to 47% (Politico, Reuters). Biden’s disapproval rating averages 51% today (same as Monday), making him 6 points net negative.
BIDEN ISSUE APPROVAL
Among voters nationwide
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling…. The response to the coronavirus Approve: 50% Disapprove: 47%
Foreign policy Approve: 36% Disapprove: 57%
The economy
Approve: 45%
Disapprove: 51%
Climate change
Approve: 45%
Disapprove: 44%
His job as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military
Approve: 43%
Disapprove: 53%
RON’S COMMENT: The Quinnipiac poll shows Biden’s overall job approval rating at 44%, which is 1-point lower than today’s average (see above). It also shows that the only issue holding him up is his handling of the response to the coronavirus (50% approve; see below for latest vaccination measures). Foreign policy is pulling him down (36% approve). The other issues are near his overall rating.
BIDEN’S VACCINATION MEASURES
Among voters nationwide
As you may know, President Biden recently released a plan to boost COVID-19 vaccinations. Based on what you know, do you support or oppose the following measures?
Requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly testing
Support: 58%
Oppose: 36%
Requiring federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated for COVID-19, without an option to opt out through regular testing
Support: 57%
Oppose: 36%
Requiring most U.S. health care workers to get vaccinated for COVID-19, without an option to opt out through regular testing
Support: 60%
Oppose: 34%
Encouraging states to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all school employees
Support: 62%
Oppose: 32%
RON’S COMMENT: As you can see, solid majorities of voters support all of Biden’s recent proposals related to vaccinations.
AFGHANISTAN
Among voters nationwide
As you may know, President Biden decided to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Do you approve or disapprove of President Biden’s decision?
Approve: 55%
Disapprove: 40%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way President Biden handled withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan?
Approve: 30%
Disapprove: 65%
RON’S COMMENT: While most voters (55%) approve of Biden’s decision to pull the troops out, a big majority (65%) disapprove of the way he did it.
PARTY APPROVAL
Among voters nationwide
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?
Approve: 39%
Disapprove: 54%
RON’S COMMENT: While Biden’s ratings are down, so is the approval rating of his party in Congress; Democrats are down 5 points (from 44% to 39%) since early February.
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?
Approve: 23%
Disapprove: 69%
RON’S COMMENT: The slipping popularity of Biden and the Democrats in Congress doesn’t transfer, at least so far, to better ratings for Republicans in Congress. The GOP’s current 23% approval rating is the lowest it’s been in this poll since April 2018, when it sunk to 22%.
SOURCES
Presidential job rating average based on recent nationwide polls.
BIDEN’S VACCINATION MEASURES: Politico/Morning Consult, Sept. 10-13
BIDEN ISSUE APPROVAL, AFGHANISTAN, PARTY APPROVAL: Quinnipiac Univ., Sept. 10-13
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