Reuters / Ipsos

56% of Americans disapprove of the president

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You need to know It's important to check the credibility interval when looking at different demographics in this poll. Credibility interval measures the level of precision, and polls of smaller demographic groups will be less precise. Read more in the methodology below.

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Notes from the newsroom

Biden approval ticks slightly higher to 39%

Dec. 13, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating rose 1 percentage point to 39% this week, but was still near the lowest level of his presidency, according to a two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Tuesday.

Biden’s unpopularity weighed on Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections when Republicans narrowly seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives, although Democrats maintained and even narrowly widened their control of the U.S. Senate.

Taking office in January 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden has grappled with the economic scars of the global health crisis, including soaring inflation. This year, his approval rating drifted as low as 36% in May and June.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathered responses from 1,005 adults, including 450 Democrats and 346 Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of 4 percentage points either way.

Jason Lange

Reuters Correspondent

The top issue

The economy continues to be the most important issue concerning Americans, 66 weeks running.

Note: The categories names have been shortened from how they appear in the survey. Find the original phrasing at the bottom of this page.

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Notes The Reuters/Ipsos poll has been in operation since January 2012. Its surveys are conducted at least once per week online, in English, throughout the United States. Every poll has a minimum total sample size of 1,000 adults.

Reuters/Ipsos polls reflect the opinions of the American public. Their measurements are limited in precision, however, based on the number of people who responded to the survey. A poll finding that is based on a large sample of respondents is generally more precise than one that is based on a small sample. The precision limit of every poll finding is called its “credibility interval,” and it is expressed as an implied variance in the measurement. A reading of 50% with a credibility interval of 2 points means, for example, that poll finding is 50% but there is an outside chance that it could be as high as 52% and as low as 48%.

Category names in the survey of top issues have been shortened as follows: “The economy” is shortened from “Economy, unemployment, and jobs”; “Public health” from “Public health, disease, and illness”; “Health care” from “Health care system”; “Crime” from “Crime or corruption”; “Inequality” from “Inequality and discrimination”; “Enviornment” from “Environment and climate”; “Terrorism” from “Terrorism and extremism”; “War/conflict” from “War and foreign conflicts” and “Abortion rights” from “The end of national abortion rights”.

Correction This page previously showed incorrect results for the polls conducted July 25-26 and October 24-25, 2022.

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