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In Divided Washington, Americans Have Highly Negative Views of Both Parties’ Leaders
Among both Democrats and GOP, only about a quarter view Congress favorably
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- In Divided Washington, Americans Have Highly Negative Views of Both Parties’ Leaders
- Low approval ratings for Biden, GOP and Democratic congressional leadership
- About half of Americans say Biden stands up for his beliefs; about a quarter view him as inspiring
- Most Americans continue to be concerned by price of food and consumer goods
- Americans increasingly say the U.S. cannot solve many of its important problems
- Biden’s job approval ratings remain low
- Majorities of Americans express little or no confidence in Biden on economy, immigration, foreign policy
- Democrats continue to express confidence in Biden, while few in GOP have confidence in him
- Most Democrats say Biden stands up for his beliefs, cares about ordinary people and is honest; only about half view him as inspiring
- In a reversal from the early days of his presidency, more now say Biden has changed the tone of political debate for the worse than for the better
- Views of the Biden administration’s ethical standards have grown more negative
- Among both Democrats and GOP, only about a quarter view Congress favorably
- Majorities of Americans disapprove of both parties’ congressional leaders
- Nearly identical shares of Democrats, Republicans fault leaders of opposing party for doing too little to compromise
- Republicans differ by ideology in views of fairness of GOP investigations into Biden administration
- Republicans, Democrats remain widely divided in views of the Supreme Court
- Black adults and adults under 50 more likely to say they have an unfavorable view of the Supreme Court
- Trust in the wisdom of the American people declines
- Positive views of the U.S. economy remain low among both parties
- An increasing share of Americans expect economic conditions to be worse a year from now
- Majorities in both parties are very concerned about rising prices for food and consumer goods
- Growing share of Republicans say the U.S. economic system is unfair to most Americans
- Eight-in-ten say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the U.S.