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Analysis by Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
Updated 11:26 AM ET, Fri October 29, 2021
(CNN) Recent polling, at first glance, provides a somewhat out-of-focus picture of how Americans view Joe Biden: Seven national surveys released this month put the president’s approval numbers anywhere from 37% to 50%.
But digging into the underlying numbers reveals a clearer consensus across a number of areas — how high Biden’s negatives are, how his ratings have trended since taking office, and how deeply polarized they are.
A CNN poll conducted by SSRS and a CBS/YouGov survey released this month showed Biden at 50%, with an AP-NORC poll putting him at 48%. Quinnipiac University and Grinnell College/Selzer & Company surveys find him floundering in the high 30s. A few more, including Reuters/Ipsos and Gallup polls, land in the middle, with Biden’s approval at 44% and 42%, respectively. Although some of that difference may reflect the timing of the polls, that doesn’t seem to be the sole driver — several of the pollsters who’ve released multiple surveys this month suggest that the numbers haven’t swung too far in that time.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/politics/approval-rating-biden-polls/index.html