Biden closes first full week in office with high job approval ratings
by David M. Drucker, Senior Political Correspondent |
| January 29, 2021 05:27 PM
President Biden finished his first week in the White House with a near-56% job approval, suggesting a majority of people are pleased with his low-key governance compared to former President Donald Trump's provocative populism.
Biden’s job approval stood at 55.7% in the RealClearPolitics average Friday afternoon, with five of six surveys taken since the Jan. 20 inauguration showing the Democrat above 50%. Just one poll, from Rasmussen, had the new president below, albeit still in positive territory — at 49%.
Biden’s initial strong job approval, well above Trump’s mid-40s, first-week average, comes despite questions about the efficacy of his plan to defeat the coronavirus and uncertainty about the pandemic relief plan he submitted to Congress.
Presidents, especially in the modern era, tend to begin their tenure with healthy approval ratings, only to see them diminish as their agenda gets bogged down or proves unpopular — or their administrations are beset by controversy or scandal. So, Biden’s strong first-week job marks are hardly unusual nor predictive.
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