Joe Biden has great approval, but the divide doesn’t go away

WASHINGTON.– Despite signs of a disciplined administration, government unity and leadership determined to regain global notoriety, alarms are ringing in the White House. Just over half of Americans, 52%, approve of what the president has done so far Joe biden, who is set to cross the threshold of the first 100 days in the White House this week.

This is what emerges from a survey of The Washington Post Yes ABC, according to which 42% of those polled have a negative vote.

A United States, therefore, who remains divided, and a signal to Biden, two days before his first speech to Congress, which can be a little alarm bell.

In fact, lately only his predecessor Donald Trump in the first 100 days had a lower rating, 42%. The approval of Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton was much higher.

Overall, 34% of Americans say they strongly approve of Biden’s performance, compared to 35% who strongly disapprove of it..

Biden receives the highest marks for his handling of the pandemic, with 64% of supporters, including 33% Republicans, giving him positive ratings. His approval rating for his management of the economy is 52%. But the 53% say they disagree with the way they treated immigration status at the U.S.-Mexico border, a problem his administration has faced since coming to power and has so far refused to call it a crisis.

While his first major initiatives have majority backing, the poll also found that, by 2-1, Americans say Biden should be prepared to make “major changes” to his proposals to win Republicans support.

In another warning to the president, a small majority of Americans – 53% – say they are “very” or “somewhat” concerned that Biden will increase the size and role of the state. In general, Americans are almost evenly divided as to whether they prefer a smaller government with fewer services (48%) or a larger government with more services (45%).

The 2020 presidential election, in which Trump falsely insisted that he had been And marred by widespread electoral irregularities, they left the deeply divided country. The new poll released today provides ample evidence that these divisions did not diminish in the first few months of Biden’s presidency.

For example, 78% of Republicans say they strongly disapprove of Biden’s management, a figure higher than the 72% of Democrats who rejected Trump’s post during the same period in 2017, and also much higher than the 43% of Republicans who strongly disapproved of President Barack Obama’s performance in April 2009.

The new poll was released three days before the new administration celebrates its first 100 days as White House leader and when the president is due to address Congress for the first time in plenary on Wednesday evening, with few representatives and senators due to rigid rules, no guests in the stands and, for the first time, two women behind the head of state: the president of the lower house, , and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the incumbent of the Senate.

Biden’s will be an intervention to define his plan to rebuild America and to push his economic and social agenda as far as possible, with a recipe that faces stiff opposition from Republicans and much of Wall Street: finance the infrastructure plan and the American family. Plan, raise taxes for the richest.

ANSA Agency

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