Morning Consult: Biden's Initial Approval Rating Is Higher Than Trump's Ever Was

[highplainsdem]

https://morningconsult.com/2021/01/25/morning-consult-political-intelligence-biden-job-approval-polling/

As the nation faces a pandemic, a weakened economy and political unrest that began under his predecessor, Joe Biden is enjoying a honeymoon with its voters.

Morning Consult Political Intelligence tracking conducted during the 46th president’s first few days in office shows 56 percent of voters approve of his job performance, while 34 percent disapprove. Biden’s approval rating is 4 percentage points higher than the 52 percent who approved of former President Donald Trump in an early March 2017 poll from Morning Consult and Politico — his best-ever showing during his presidency — and it looks even stronger compared to polling conducted at a similar point four years ago, when 46 percent approved of Trump’s initial work.

Echoing Morning Consult’s pre-inauguration findings, Biden’s superior early marks are driven by a more unified base, as well as more support among self-described independent voters: 91 percent of Democrats approve of Biden’s initial job performance, compared with 83 percent of Republicans who said the same of Trump in January 2017, and 49 percent of independents back Biden’s early approach — up 8 points from Trump’s four years ago.

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Like Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris is also seeing her popularity nationwide reach new peaks during her first days in office. Over half of voters (52 percent) view her favorably, up 2 points since pre-inauguration surveys and 6 points since the November election. The share of voters who view her unfavorably fell 4 points since Nov. 3, to 40 percent, with the bulk of the movement coming after she was sworn in.

Positive public sentiment about America’s new leaders was joined by a big improvement in optimism about the direction the country is headed. Since the day before Biden’s inauguration, the share of U.S. adults who said the country had gotten off on the wrong track, which had reached a Morning Consult high following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and political unrest, fell 17 points, to 60 percent, while the share who said the country was heading in the right direction increased by an identical amount, to 40 percent, the highest its been since early March, when the coronavirus profoundly changed American life.

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[SleeplessinSoCal]

1. Nice to see in black and white.

56% of voters approve of Biden’s job performance, compared with 46% who approved of Donald Trump’s work at a similar point in 2017.

[Blue Owl]

2. Suck it, Fatfuck von Bodybags

[Cha]

3. And, Biden's is Reality Based..

Orangeidgit's was based on the Lies he told.

[Doodley]

4. He's not racist enough, not covidiotic enough, not sleazy enough for Trump's sick base to approve.

[ffr]

5. And it didn't take him a week to do it.