President Biden’s record on immigration is a top concern for his critics, new poll finds – Biden’s Homeland Security secretary impeached over worsening border crisis It was just one day after that.
About one in five voters (19%) who admitted they didn’t think the 81-year-old commander-in-chief was doing a good job said it was because of his “open borders” policies. . According to a new Gallup poll It was released on Wednesday.
The second biggest concern among Biden critics was his handling of the economy, with about 1 in 10 (9%) expressing concern about his economic policies.
Another 5% blame the president for inflation, which rose 3.1% in January, more than expected.
Findings are based on additional questions Responses to questions about presidential approval in Gallup’s January poll In this question, respondents were asked to explain whether they approve or disapprove of Biden’s performance.
In the first survey, only 41% of Americans think the president is doing a good job, the lowest ever for a sitting leader at this stage of a presidential term, the pollster said.
Biden’s policies are clearly the biggest issue for critics, according to a Gallup poll, with nearly half (47%) of Americans who disapprove of the president’s performance saying they dislike his personal characteristics.23 In contrast to % of respondents, it was found that they were dissatisfied with the policy stance.
Only 13% mentioned their age or mental or physical frailty, of which 5% were incompetent, 4% were in poor health or mentally unfit, and 4% were too old. said.
Republican respondents were more likely than independents to focus on immigration (26% vs. 14%, respectively), but independents were more likely than Republican respondents to focus on the economy and inflation (18% vs. 11%).
Another 4% cited responses to foreign affairs, and 3% cited responses to the Middle East amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The poll was conducted from January 2nd to January 22nd, and the special counsel’s scathing report cited the 81-year-old president’s age and memory loss as compelling reasons not to indict him for “knowingly” retaining classified information. This was done before it was submitted.
Fifty-one percent of respondents who support the Democratic incumbent cited his overall performance as the main reason for giving him a high rating, 25% cited his policies, and 11% cited personal characteristics.
Specifically, about a quarter (22%) of supporters say Biden is doing the best he can under difficult circumstances, 11% agree with Biden’s policy stances, and 11% say Biden is doing the best he can under difficult circumstances. answered that he is “better” than former President Donald Trump.
Fewer people mentioned economic issues (9%), employment (4%), immigration (3%), or education or student loan relief (3%).
An even smaller number of respondents cited his stable, calm, careful, or respectful demeanor (6%), his honesty (2%), his intelligence (2%), or his drama. They said they liked the lack of comfort (1%).
Notably, Biden received the lowest approval rating of any recent president for his personal characteristics, with Trump receiving 24% approval for his personal style, ahead of Barack Obama. received 16% and George W. Bush received 19%.
However, among those who disapproved of both presidents, a whopping 65% disliked Trump for personal characteristics, 24% disliked Obama, 23% disliked Biden, and 17% disliked Bush.
These other presidential polls were also conducted during their first year in office, and Gallup said that disapproval of Biden’s policy stances was “likely influenced by the later timing of the polls.” I’m saying that.
The poll was conducted by telephone with a random sample of 1,011 U.S. adults from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
