Joe Biden Issue Area Job Approval (August 2022)

Joe Biden Issue Area Job Approval (August 2022)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: "
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categoryTotal
The coronavirus41%
Climate change38%
Foreign policy35%
Health care35%
Gun violence33%
The economy32%
Abortion access32%
Crime & public safety31%
Inflation & prices29%
Immigration & border security28%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
The coronavirus77%19%13%
Climate change71%25%10%
Foreign policy68%13%12%
Health care67%12%11%
Gun violence61%16%10%
The economy64%11%10%
Abortion access61%16%10%
Crime & public safety59%7%11%
Inflation & prices57%12%9%
Immigration & border security52%6%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
The coronavirus70%65%85%
Climate change66%53%81%
Foreign policy66%45%79%
Health care58%46%80%
Gun violence55%34%75%
The economy56%41%77%
Abortion access57%39%72%
Crime & public safety50%42%72%
Inflation & prices41%39%71%
Immigration & border security38%36%66%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
The coronavirus10%18%11%
Climate change11%15%9%
Foreign policy9%14%11%
Health care9%19%10%
Gun violence9%19%8%
The economy7%17%7%
Abortion access10%19%7%
Crime & public safety11%14%11%
Inflation & prices8%11%10%
Immigration & border security11%15%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
The coronavirus71%49%16%
Climate change72%39%13%
Foreign policy67%36%12%
Health care67%38%13%
Gun violence61%34%12%
The economy67%30%10%
Abortion access63%33%11%
Crime & public safety59%32%12%
Inflation & prices60%29%10%
Immigration & border security54%27%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
The coronavirus65%74%72%
Climate change64%74%74%
Foreign policy58%70%67%
Health care61%71%64%
Gun violence48%69%62%
The economy64%71%65%
Abortion access56%68%65%
Crime & public safety54%62%57%
Inflation & prices46%64%65%
Immigration & border security45%56%56%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
The coronavirus30%12%7%
Climate change25%11%6%
Foreign policy23%9%7%
Health care24%10%7%
Gun violence22%10%6%
The economy16%9%6%
Abortion access21%10%6%
Crime & public safety19%10%8%
Inflation & prices16%9%5%
Immigration & border security19%9%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
The coronavirus31%64%51%
Climate change29%61%44%
Foreign policy29%56%37%
Health care28%62%38%
Gun violence26%51%38%
The economy26%57%35%
Abortion access27%53%36%
Crime & public safety25%52%33%
Inflation & prices24%48%30%
Immigration & border security22%49%31%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
The coronavirus39%43%
Climate change36%39%
Foreign policy35%34%
Health care33%38%
Gun violence30%35%
The economy30%34%
Abortion access32%33%
Crime & public safety31%32%
Inflation & prices29%29%
Immigration & border security27%28%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
The coronavirus52%39%27%
Climate change51%35%24%
Foreign policy47%32%23%
Health care49%33%22%
Gun violence43%31%19%
The economy43%31%18%
Abortion access43%30%23%
Crime & public safety45%28%19%
Inflation & prices42%25%19%
Immigration & border security41%25%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
The coronavirus48%37%39%41%
Climate change43%34%36%39%
Foreign policy39%32%32%38%
Health care38%32%36%39%
Gun violence39%28%29%37%
The economy33%30%30%37%
Abortion access45%28%28%35%
Crime & public safety36%26%30%35%
Inflation & prices40%22%27%31%
Immigration & border security37%25%25%27%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
The coronavirus44%45%37%35%41%46%
Climate change24%39%33%33%37%47%
Foreign policy27%38%29%34%34%44%
Health care31%40%32%31%34%44%
Gun violence28%35%29%29%31%39%
The economy18%34%28%28%32%40%
Abortion access23%33%31%25%32%42%
Crime & public safety24%36%24%26%31%39%
Inflation & prices25%34%24%24%28%36%
Immigration & border security11%35%22%18%28%33%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
The coronavirus34%40%46%53%
Climate change32%34%39%52%
Foreign policy27%33%40%49%
Health care31%33%42%43%
Gun violence27%30%37%42%
The economy27%30%35%45%
Abortion access26%29%43%43%
Crime & public safety28%31%31%39%
Inflation & prices23%29%37%37%
Immigration & border security26%28%27%32%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how Joe Biden has handled each of the following: " Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
The coronavirus34%36%58%33%
Climate change31%33%55%28%
Foreign policy29%29%53%29%
Health care32%30%51%27%
Gun violence26%27%49%24%
The economy25%26%50%25%
Abortion access28%27%48%31%
Crime & public safety29%27%42%24%
Inflation & prices24%24%43%28%
Immigration & border security27%23%36%21%

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