COVID-19: confidence in Joe Biden's ability by party U.S. 2021

Americans were split along partisan lines regarding Joe Biden's ability to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a January 2021 survey, 85 percent of Democrats surveyed were confident in the President's ability to deal with the pandemic, while 66 percent of Republicans were uneasy about Joe Biden's capacity to manage the crisis.

Level of confidence of adults in the United States regarding Joe Biden's ability to deal with COVID-19 pandemic as of January 2021, by political party

Characteristic	Confident	Uneasy	Not sure
Democrat	85%	9%	6%
Independent	35%	37%	28%
Republican	14%	66%	20%

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 16 to 19, 2021

Number of respondents

1,487 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

registered voters

Supplementary notes

Survey method not disclosed by the source.
Original question: "Are you confident in Joe Biden’s ability to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, or are you uneasy about his approach?"

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