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ABC News/Ipsos Poll

Conducted by Ipsos using the probability-based KnowledgePanel®

A survey of the American general population (ages 18+)
Interview dates: October 29 to October 30, 2021

Number of interviews, adults: 514

Margin of error for the total sample: +/- 4.7 percentage points at the 95% confidence level

NOTE: All results show percentages among all respondents, unless otherwise labeled. Reduced
bases are unweighted values.

NOTE: * = less than 0.5%, - = no respondents

Annotated Questionnaire:

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling:

The response to the coronavirus

Approve Disapprove
Skipped
(COVID-19)
October 29-30 56 44 *
September 24-28 57 42 1
August 27-28 64 35 1
July 23-24 63 36 1
March 26-27* 72 28 *
March 5-6 68 32 *
February 5-6 67 32 1
January 22-23 69 29 2
*Note: Prior to the March 26-27 poll the wording read “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling the
response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)?”

Immigration and the situation at

Approve Disapprove
Skipped
the U.S.-Mexico border
October 29-30 31 68 2
September 24-28 33 66 1
August 27-28 41 56 3
July 23-24 37 61 3

The economic recovery Approve Disapprove

Skipped
October 29-30 47 53 1
September 24-28 51 48 1
August 27-28 55 41 3
July 23-24 53 46 1
March 26-27 60 38 2
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1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling:

Gun violence Approve Disapprove

Skipped
October 29-30 39 60 1
September 24-28 38 60 2
August 27-28 44 52 4
July 23-24 37 61 3
March 26-27 42 57 2

Crime Approve Disapprove

Skipped
October 29-30 43 57 1
September 24-28 43 55 2
August 27-28 46 50 3
July 23-24 39 58 3

Afghanistan* Approve Disapprove

Skipped
October 29-30 34 66 1
September 24-28 38 61 1
August 27-28 38 59 2
July 23-24 55 41 3
*Note: July 23-24 poll wording read “The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan”

Rebuilding the United States’

Approve Disapprove
Skipped
infrastructure
October 29-30 52 48 1
September 24-28 55 44 1
August 27-28 62 35 3

Climate Change Approve Disapprove

Skipped
October 29-30 48 52 *

Taxes Approve Disapprove

Skipped
October 29-30 44 55 1
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2. How closely have you been following news about the recent congressional negotiations over
the bills to increase spending on infrastructure and social programs?
 

Very/ Not so /Not

Very Somewhat
Not so Not closely
Skipped somewhat closely at
closely closely
closely at all
closely all
October 29-30 18 37 31 14 - 55 45

3. How much do you know so far about what might be in these bills in Congress to increase
spending on infrastructure and social programs? 

A great
Just
A great A good Little or deal/A
Just some Skipped some/little
deal amount nothing good
or nothing
amount
October 29-30 6 24 44 25 * 31 69

4. From what you know so far, how do you think the bills in Congress to increase spending on
infrastructure and social programs would affect people like you if they became law? Would they:

Have no effect
Help people Hurt people
on people like Don’t know
Skipped
like you like you
you
October 29-30 25 32 18 24 1

5. From what you know so far, how do you think the bills in Congress to increase spending on
infrastructure and social programs would affect the U.S. economy if they became law? Would they:

Have no effect
Help the Hurt the
on the Don’t know
Skipped
economy economy
economy
October 29-30 34 34 6 25 1
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About the Study

This ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted October 29 to October 30, 2021 by Ipsos using the
probability-based KnowledgePanel®. This poll is based on a nationally representative probability
sample of 514 adults age 18 or older.

The survey was conducted using KnowledgePanel, the largest and most well-established online
probability-based panel that is representative of the adult US population. Our recruitment process
employs a scientifically developed addressed-based sampling methodology using the latest Delivery
Sequence File of the USPS – a database with full coverage of all delivery points in the US.
Households invited to join the panel are randomly selected from all available households in the U.S.
Persons in the sampled households are invited to join and participate in the panel. Those selected
who do not already have internet access are provided a tablet and internet connection at no cost to
the panel member. Those who join the panel and who are selected to participate in a survey are sent
a unique password-protected log-in used to complete surveys online. As a result of our recruitment
and sampling methodologies, samples from KnowledgePanel cover all households regardless of
their phone or internet status and findings can be reported with a margin of sampling error and
projected to the general population.

The study was conducted in both English and Spanish. The data were weighted to adjust for gender
by age, race/ethnicity, education, Census region, metropolitan status, household income, and party
identification. The demographic benchmarks came from 2019 American Community Survey (ACS)
from the US Census Bureau. Party ID benchmarks are from recent ABC News/Washington Post
telephone polls. The weighting categories were as follows:

 Gender (Male, Female) by Age (18–29, 30–44, 45–59, and 60+)

 Race/Hispanic Ethnicity (White Non-Hispanic, Black Non-Hispanic, Other or 2+ Races Non-
Hispanic, Hispanic)
 Education (High School graduate or less, Some College, Bachelor and beyond)
 Census Region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West)
 Metropolitan status (Metro, non-Metro)
 Household Income (Under $25,000, $25,000-$49,999, $50,000-$74,999, $75,000-$99,999,
$100,000-$149,999, $150,000+)
 Party ID (Democrat, Republican, Independent, Something else)

The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.7 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for
results based on the entire sample of adults. The margin of sampling error takes into account the
design effect, which was 1.20. The margin of sampling error is higher and varies for results based on
sub-samples. In our reporting of the findings, percentage points are rounded off to the nearest whole
number. As a result, percentages in a given table column may total slightly higher or lower than
100%. In questions that permit multiple responses, columns may total substantially more than 100%,
depending on the number of different responses offered by each respondent.
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