According to a new study, the views of the American people are evenly divided in the choice between former President Trump and President Biden. Neither of them is someone whom they have confidence in the role of president.
An ABC News and Ipsos poll shows that neither Biden nor Trump has an advantage. More than 35% of respondents believe that neither would be able to lead the country more effectively, while 36% believe that Trump would be a better commander-in-chief.
Even though 29% of respondents stated that President Biden did better than expected in his Thursday State of the Union speech, the poll indicates that the president’s approval ratings remain relatively flat across all of the examined areas.
Approximately two-thirds of Americans continue to express disapproval of how President Biden has handled immigration, the situation at the border between the United States and Mexico, inflation, and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
In seven polling topics among respondents, Biden’s approval rating has changed on only two– abortion, which has risen to 50%, and the war between Israel and Hamas, in which his approval rating has decreased.
President Trump’s approval ratings throughout his tenure in office are greater than those of President Joe Biden on four of the seven issues that were evaluated. These issues include the economy, inflation, immigration, the situation at the border between the United States and Mexico, and crime. Despite this, his total performance rating remains relatively close to Biden’s.
There is a significant gap between the two presidential candidates when one considers their approval ratings among their respective voter bases. According to the study, Trump’s popularity rating among Republicans extends from the middle of the seventies to the ninetieth percent mark on a variety of topics. On the other hand, Biden’s approval rating among Democrats on the same subjects sits in the middle seventies.
The poll is based on responses from 536 respondents. The margin of sampling error covers a range of 4.5 percentage points, either positive or negative.
