Joe Biden Issue Area Job Approval (October 2022)

Joe Biden Issue Area Job Approval (October 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
COVID41%
Health care36%
Foreign policy35%
Climate change33%
Abortion access33%
The economy31%
Gun violence31%
Crime & public safety30%
Immigration & border security28%
Inflation & prices27%
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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
COVID74%29%14%
Health care66%19%11%
Foreign policy64%23%10%
Climate change62%20%10%
Abortion access59%25%10%
The economy58%20%7%
Gun violence57%19%10%
Crime & public safety56%21%8%
Immigration & border security52%15%8%
Inflation & prices52%17%7%
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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
COVID79%55%82%
Health care63%53%74%
Foreign policy67%49%69%
Climate change53%47%72%
Abortion access57%43%66%
The economy49%38%71%
Gun violence50%42%67%
Crime & public safety54%39%66%
Immigration & border security50%36%59%
Inflation & prices49%34%61%
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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
COVID12%17%13%
Health care12%18%9%
Foreign policy10%19%8%
Climate change10%9%10%
Abortion access9%23%8%
The economy9%6%7%
Gun violence11%12%10%
Crime & public safety9%8%8%
Immigration & border security8%8%8%
Inflation & prices8%4%8%
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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
COVID76%43%17%
Health care64%42%14%
Foreign policy67%37%12%
Climate change66%33%11%
Abortion access59%35%14%
The economy60%34%9%
Gun violence59%32%13%
Crime & public safety56%34%11%
Immigration & border security51%32%11%
Inflation & prices54%30%8%
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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
COVID71%79%76%
Health care56%72%63%
Foreign policy63%71%64%
Climate change54%73%67%
Abortion access52%69%57%
The economy51%68%61%
Gun violence44%67%60%
Crime & public safety48%63%56%
Immigration & border security36%56%59%
Inflation & prices46%51%62%
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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
COVID33%12%12%
Health care28%9%11%
Foreign policy25%7%10%
Climate change20%9%11%
Abortion access29%9%11%
The economy15%4%11%
Gun violence27%8%11%
Crime & public safety16%7%11%
Immigration & border security13%8%11%
Inflation & prices9%5%10%
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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
COVID36%60%45%
Health care32%64%34%
Foreign policy31%49%36%
Climate change29%50%33%
Abortion access29%50%35%
The economy27%51%27%
Gun violence27%47%33%
Crime & public safety26%51%30%
Immigration & border security24%44%31%
Inflation & prices23%37%29%
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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
COVID41%42%
Health care38%36%
Foreign policy38%34%
Climate change31%35%
Abortion access36%31%
The economy32%30%
Gun violence32%32%
Crime & public safety33%29%
Immigration & border security30%27%
Inflation & prices28%26%
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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
COVID52%41%25%
Health care50%34%21%
Foreign policy45%34%20%
Climate change46%33%17%
Abortion access42%33%19%
The economy46%28%15%
Gun violence44%30%15%
Crime & public safety43%28%17%
Immigration & border security43%25%16%
Inflation & prices39%25%17%
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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+
COVID55%44%34%39%
Health care41%40%33%36%
Foreign policy41%37%31%36%
Climate change36%36%29%34%
Abortion access37%36%30%32%
The economy32%32%29%31%
Gun violence36%32%28%33%
Crime & public safety33%32%30%28%
Immigration & border security38%33%23%25%
Inflation & prices32%29%24%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
COVID29%41%39%42%42%50%
Health care21%37%32%34%37%51%
Foreign policy16%32%30%33%38%50%
Climate change16%32%29%33%34%51%
Abortion access31%29%29%29%36%47%
The economy4%30%28%36%28%46%
Gun violence12%33%27%27%31%48%
Crime & public safety24%31%22%32%29%47%
Immigration & border security30%29%22%34%25%41%
Inflation & prices16%28%24%27%24%42%
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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
COVID28%43%44%62%
Health care29%38%36%51%
Foreign policy26%35%36%53%
Climate change26%32%34%51%
Abortion access25%33%28%52%
The economy24%29%28%47%
Gun violence25%31%31%45%
Crime & public safety26%27%27%47%
Immigration & border security23%26%26%44%
Inflation & prices21%24%28%44%
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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.
COVID33%37%61%31%
Health care36%33%45%23%
Foreign policy30%30%51%25%
Climate change29%28%49%27%
Abortion access25%31%47%22%
The economy30%25%43%22%
Gun violence29%28%43%27%
Crime & public safety27%27%41%26%
Immigration & border security28%24%37%23%
Inflation & prices23%26%35%20%

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