He has the backing of almost all Democrats but also a healthy 57% of independents. Even 23% of Republicans say Biden is off to a decent start.
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden (SAUL LOEB/)
Biden has won the confidence of Americans in his ability to tame the COVID-19 pandemic, with 75% of those surveyed saying they have some or a lot of confidence in his plan. About two-thirds say the same thing about the new president’s ability to handle the economy and jobs.
It’s not surprising that Biden is enjoying a honeymoon in the polls.
U.S. President Joe Biden (Center R) and Vice President Kamala Harris (Center L) meet with 10 Republican senators, including Mitt Romney (R-UT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 1, 2021, in Washington, DC.
U.S. President Joe Biden (Center R) and Vice President Kamala Harris (Center L) meet with 10 Republican senators, including Mitt Romney (R-UT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and others, in the Oval Office at the White House Feb. 1, 2021, in Washington, DC. The senators requested a meeting with Biden to propose a scaled-back $618 billion stimulus plan in response to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Biden is currently pushing in Congress.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. President Biden signed several executive orders related to the climate change crisis on Wednesday, including one directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands.
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington, DC.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. President Biden signed several executive orders related to the climate change crisis on Wednesday, including one directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands. Also pictured, left to right, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Joe Biden signs an Executive Order reversing the Trump-era ban on transgender individuals serving in the military in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden meets with, from left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden speaks during an event on American manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks light up the sky from the White House on Inauguration Day on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
The Oval Office of the White House is newly redecorated for the first day of President Joe Biden's administration, including busts of civil rights leaders Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and a bust of Abraham Lincoln, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual swearing-in ceremony of political appointees from the State Dining Room of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hug as they arrive at the North Portico of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol after the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
Most incoming presidents start out with at least a decent bump in approval ratings as Americans from across the political spectrum give them a chance to make an impact.
Trump was a notable exception to that rule. With a divisive style that intentionally drove away huge swaths of the electorate, the ex-president never won even a 50% approval rating In four years in the White House.
