More than two-thirds of Americans approve of President Biden’s response to the coronavirus pandemic days after it was inaugurated, according to a published survey Sunday.
The ABC News / Ipsos poll found that 69 percent of respondents approved of Biden’s treatment of the pandemic in his early days as president, a difference from the former President Trump
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Presidential approval includes 40% of Republicans, 97% of Democrats and 70% of Independents. The highest percentage of support Trump had won came from 55% of Americans in mid-March last year, including 30% of Democrats.
Specifically, the administration received 81 percent approval for an executive order signed on the day of the inauguration that required masks and social distancing on federal buildings and federal land.
The majority of Republicans, with 59%, supported the measure, as well as an overwhelming majority of Democrats and Independents, with 99% and 83%, respectively.
Biden’s general approval for the transition of power stood at 67 percent, reviving the tradition of presidents receiving high marks during their first months in office before approval figures dropped. His predecessor had broken that trend after 40 percent approved of how Trump handled the transition.
Republicans showed less support for Biden’s early actions to end the Muslim travel ban, stop a national emergency declaration on the southern border and return to both the World Health Organization and the climate agreement of Paris.
The majority of respondents, with 57%, expressed confidence in Biden’s ability to unify the nation and 22% said they were very confident in the goals he expressed during his inaugural speech.
Nearly a quarter of Americans said they were deeply skeptical about the president’s ability to bring the country together.
The ABC News / Ipsos survey surveyed 504 adults, in English and Spanish, between January 22 and 23, two or three days after the opening day. The margin of error amounted to 5 percentage points.
The Biden administration has proposed a $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but Republican lawmakers have criticized the measure for being too expensive.