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Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Biden's First 100 Days

President Joe Biden enjoys higher approval ratings than Donald Trump did during his first 100 days

Topline Findings

Washington, DC, April 29, 2021 ? Today marks President Joe Biden's 100th day in office. With it comes a reflection from Americans on how he has handled the nation's issues, courtesy of the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. Thirty-nine percent of Americans believe the country is moving in the right direction, a sentiment primarily driven by Biden's Democratic base (68%), followed by independents (30%). Respondents are most likely to believe that the pandemic (58%) and economy (38%) are moving in the right direction. On the other hand, only 23% of Americans believe immigration is going well, with 53% saying it is off on the wrong track. Democrats and Republicans disagree regarding national politics, with 53% of Democrats saying they are moving in the right direction while 77% of Republicans believe they are off on the wrong track.

Overall, approval of Joe Biden's performance in office thus far stands at 55%. By comparison, at the end of former president Donald Trump's 100 days in office, his approval rating stood at 44%. Comparing Americans' approval of Biden's handling of the nation's issues to Trump's, Biden performed better than Trump in his first 100 days on the economy (52% for Biden versus 49% for Trump), the environment (54% versus 38%), the effort he is making to unite the country (56% versus 45%), and the way he treats people like me (56% versus 40%). Conversely, Trump fared better on international trade (45% for Trump versus 43% for Biden), taxation (46% versus 45%), and immigration (46% versus 42%). Biden was then also rated on some more recent issues, namely the pandemic/COVID-19 (65% approval), along with racial inequality (51%) and gun violence (46%).

Finally, healthcare (16%), the economy (13%), and terrorism (11%) were the most pressing issues around the time of Trump's 100-day mark. At this point in Biden's presidency, the economy (20%) continues to be important, but immigration (15%) and public health (13%) have also risen to the top.

These are the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between April 12-16, 2021. For this survey, a sample of 4,423 adults age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii was interviewed online in English. The poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points for all respondents.

For complete results, please refer to the following annotated questionnaire:

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Full Annotated Questionnaire

1. With which political party do you most identify? Detailed

2.With which political party do you most identify? Summary

3_1. [The national economy] Generally speaking, would you say the following things are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?

3_2. [Immigration policy] Generally speaking, would you say the following things are heading in the right

direction, or are they off on the wrong track?

3_3. [National politics] Generally speaking, would you say the following things are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?

Strong Democrat Moderate Democrat

Lean Democrat Lean Republican Moderate Republican Strong Republican

Independent None of these

DK Total Democrat Republican Independent None/DK Total Right direction Wrong track Don't know Total Right direction Wrong track Don't know Total Right direction Wrong track Don't know Total

All Respondents

16% 17% 8% 8% 14% 14% 16% 5% 2% 4423 42% 36% 16% 7% 4423

38%

Democrats

38% 41% 20% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2070 100% 0% 0% 0% 2070 62%

Republicans

0% 0% 0% 21% 40% 39% 0% 0% 0% 1575 0% 100% 0% 0% 1575 18%

Independents

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 468 0% 0% 100% 0% 468 31%

43%

21%

67%

46%

19%

17%

15%

23%

4423

2070

1575

468

23%

41%

9%

17%

53%

32%

79%

55%

24%

28%

12%

28%

4423

2070

1575

468

30%

53%

11%

20%

50%

29%

77%

54%

20%

18%

12%

27%

4423

2070

1575

468

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All Respondents

Democrats

Republicans

Independents

3_4. [Pandemic/COVID19] Generally speaking,

would you say the following things are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?

4. Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong

track?

5. Overall, do you approve or disapprove of

the way Joe Biden is handling his job as

President?

6. Overall, do you approve or disapprove of

the way Joe Biden is handling his job as President? - Summary

7_1. [Donald Trump] How familiar are you with the following public figures, taking into account all the

ways you may have heard about them?

Right direction

Wrong track

Don't know

Total Right direction

Wrong track Don't know

Total Strongly approve Somewhat approve Lean towards approve

Lean towards disapprove

Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Total TOTAL APPROVE

TOTAL DISAPPROVE Not sure Total

Very familiar Somewhat familiar

Not very familiar Have heard of them, but

that's it Have not heard about

them Total

58%

27%

15% 4423 39% 48% 12% 4423 25% 29% 2% 1% 12% 26% 5% 4423 55% 40% 5% 4423 67% 25% 4%

3%

1% 4423

74%

16%

9% 2070 68% 21% 11% 2070 52% 37% 2% 1% 5% 2% 1% 2070 91% 8% 1% 2070 68% 23% 5%

3%

1% 2070

46%

37%

17% 1575 15% 79% 6% 1575 4% 14% 1% 1% 18% 60% 2% 1575 19% 79% 2% 1575 73% 23% 2%

2%

1% 1575

48%

33%

19% 468 30% 52% 17% 468 9% 40% 2% 2% 17% 20% 10% 468 51% 39% 10% 468 58% 30% 5%

6%

2% 468

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7_2. [Mitch McConnell] How familiar are you with

the following public figures, taking into account all the ways you may have heard about

them?

7_3. [Ted Cruz] How familiar are you with the following public figures, taking into account all the

ways you may have heard about them?

7_4. [Ron DeSantis] How familiar are you with the following public figures, taking into account all the

ways you may have heard about them?

7_5. [Mitt Romney] How familiar are you with the following public figures, taking into account all the

ways you may have heard about them?

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not very familiar

Have heard of them, but that's it

Have not heard about them Total

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not very familiar

Have heard of them, but that's it

Have not heard about them Total

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not very familiar

Have heard of them, but that's it

Have not heard about them Total

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not very familiar

Have heard of them, but that's it

Have not heard about them Total

All Respondents

32%

Democrats 38%

Republicans 32%

Independents 22%

34%

32%

38%

36%

17%

14%

17%

21%

10%

9%

8%

14%

7% 4423 33% 35% 16%

11%

6% 2070 36% 35% 15%

9%

5% 1575 37% 37% 14%

9%

7% 468 24% 35% 19%

16%

6% 4423 18% 20% 23%

13%

5% 2070 17% 21% 23%

14%

4% 1575 23% 21% 21%

11%

7% 468 14% 19% 26%

13%

27% 4423 30% 38% 16%

26% 2070 32% 39% 15%

24% 1575 34% 41% 15%

28% 468 25% 35% 21%

11%

9%

8%

15%

5%

5%

2%

4%

4423

2070

1575

468

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7_6. [Joe Biden] How familiar are you with the following public figures, taking into account all the ways you may have

heard about them?

7_7. [Kamala Harris] How familiar are you with the following public figures, taking into account all the ways you may have heard

about them?

8_1. [Donald Trump] Would you say you are generally favorable or

unfavorable towards these public figures?

[If familiar]

8_2. [Mitch McConnell] Would you say you are generally favorable or

unfavorable towards these public figures?

[If familiar]

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar Not very familiar

Have heard of them, but that's it

Have not heard about them Total

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not very familiar

Have heard of them, but that's it

Have not heard about them Total

Very favorable

Somewhat favorable

Lean towards favorable Lean towards unfavorable

Somewhat unfavorable

Very unfavorable

Total

Very favorable

Somewhat favorable

Lean towards favorable Lean towards unfavorable

Somewhat unfavorable

Very unfavorable

Total

All Respondents

60% 31% 6%

2%

1% 4423 44% 35% 12%

6%

3% 4423 21% 11% 9% 9% 8% 43% 4384 4% 10% 19% 27% 12% 29% 4184

Democrats 71% 23% 4%

1%

0% 2070 55% 31% 8%

4%

2% 2070 3% 5% 4% 6% 8% 74% 2053 2% 7% 13% 19% 13% 46% 1986

Republicans 55% 35% 7%

2%

1% 1575 40% 38% 14%

6%

2% 1575 48% 20% 12% 7% 5% 8% 1567 6% 15% 27% 30% 11% 11% 1507

Independents 50% 38% 7%

4%

1% 468 32% 41% 14%

9%

4% 468 13% 10% 12% 15% 10% 40% 463 2% 5% 18% 35% 12% 27% 439

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