A majority of Americans – 59 percent – approve President Biden
Joe BidenBiden’s administration is still taking land near the border despite plans to stop building a wall: Olympics report, climate on the agenda for Biden meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Boehner on Afghanistan: ‘It it’s time to withdraw the troops’ MOREAccording to a poll from the Pew Research Center published Friday, he is taking up his duties as he nears 100 days in office.
The poll found that Biden’s job approval was up 5 percentage points from 54 percent in March, while 39 percent of those surveyed said they disapproved of his job so far.
Biden’s 59 percent approval rating is 20 percentage points higher than the previous one President Trump
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Biden was buoyed by support for his tone and rhetoric, as well as his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pew poll found that 72 percent of Americans believe the Biden government has done an excellent or good job of managing vaccine production and distribution
Forty-six percent said they like how Biden behaves in the job, compared with 27 percent who don’t, and 44 percent of respondents said they believe Biden has changed the tone of the political debate for the better, compared with 29 percent saying he has made it worse.
According to the poll, Biden still faces challenges on some policy fronts. The number of Democrats and Republicans who believe illegal immigration is a major problem has both increased since a year ago as Biden grapples with an increase in migrants on the southern border.
The Pew poll surveyed 5,109 adults April 5-11, days before the Biden administration recommended discontinuing use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The poll has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.
Public opinion polls during Biden’s early months in office have generally found that the public gives him high marks on his handling of the pandemic and his overall approval score.