The poll shows Biden with 50% approval on sharp partisan lines

About half of Americans approve of it President BidenJoe Biden: Biden responds to student loan forgiveness plan K, Biden offers to help the woman get the vaccine for a child with a pre-existing condition.Labor performance nearly a month after his presidency, though Democrats and Republicans are heavily divided on their perceptions, according to a new poll released Wednesday at Quinnipiac University.

The survey, who interviewed more than 1,000 American adults from Feb. 11-14, found that, overall, Biden currently has a positive job approval rating of 50 percent, compared to 38 percent who rejects it.

Biden’s approval rating remains relatively unchanged Quinnipiac’s first poll on his presidency published earlier this month, which showed that approximately 49% of Americans approved of their job performance, compared to 36% who had a negative perception of the new administration.

Wednesday’s poll, which reported a 3 percentage point margin of error, found Democrats overwhelmingly supported Biden’s performance, from 91% to 2%, while Republicans rejected 82% in 11%.

Among respondents who were registered voters, Biden’s job approval is between 52 and 38%, which Quinnipiac noted is almost the opposite. President TrumpDonald TrumpBiden: “I’m sick of talking about Trump” Hacker claims to have stolen files from a Trump-linked law firm: WSJ Texas governor faces criticism over handling winter storm rainsis at the same time in 2017, when the Republican had a negative job approval rating of 38% to 55%.

University of Quinnipiac poll analyst Tim Malloy said in a press release about the survey’s findings that Biden’s approval numbers are “solid, but not particularly dazzling.”

Malloy added, however, that “there may be some consolation in knowing that his predecessor spent four years in office without approaching 50%.”

When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, 58% of respondents said they approved of Biden’s efforts to fight the virus, and 48% approved of its handling of the U.S. economy, which has suffered for months. because companies have been forced to shut down workers laid off during the pandemic.

Quinnipiac began conducting the survey the same day as Biden announced that the U.S. had secured an additional 200 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, adding that the country should have enough doses of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to inoculate all Americans in late July.

The administration is also involved in ongoing negotiations with Congress over the $ 1.9 trillion aid package proposed by the president. Democratic leaders in Congress they have indicated that they are ready to pass the bill, called the American Rescue Plan, with or without Republican votes in the coming weeks.

However, Americans are mixed when it comes to the administration’s plans to reopen schools amid the pandemic, with 42 percent approving and 38 percent indicating disapproval with the response of Biden.

Biden clarified Tuesday this its goal is to reopen most K-8 schools five days a week at the end of his first 100 days in office. The statements came after the White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBiden responds to K’s student loan forgiveness plan, Biden says the goal is to reopen schools five days a week in the first 100 days. Biden officials reflect on priorities after coronavirus relief bill said last week that Biden intended for more than 50% of schools to have at least one face-to-face learning day a week at the end of their first 100 days.

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