The poor guy can't catch a break. The border, high crime, awesome COVID policy, inflation (w high oil prices) & it looks like the AARP is going to cancel his endorsement contract. Rough!
Ukraine: 49% of Voters Rate Biden's Handling 'Poor'
Friday, February 25, 2022
As Ukraine seeks to repel a Russian invasion, fewer than a third of voters have a favorable view of President Joe Biden’s handling of the situation.
A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that just 31% of Likely U.S voters give Biden an excellent or good rating for the way he has handled the Russian aggression toward Ukraine. Forty-nine percent (49%) give him a poor rating for his handling of the Russia-Ukraine situation. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters say they have Very Closely followed recent news stories about Russia and Ukraine, while another 28% have followed Russia-Ukraine news Somewhat Closely and 13% have not followed the news closely. Among those who have Very Closely followed the news, 54% rate Biden poor for his handling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.
However, most voters are more concerned about protecting America than Ukraine. Fifty-three percent (53%) say defending the U.S. border against illegal immigration is more important to America's national interest than defending Ukraine against Russian invasion. Only 36% believe defending Ukraine is more important to America’s interests, while 10% are not sure.
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The survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on February 23-24, 2022 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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Overall, 51% of voters rate Biden poor on his handling of national security issues, while 33% rate him good or excellent. That finding is little changed from December. Among voters who rate Biden poor on national security, 88% also give him a poor rating for his handling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Democrats rate Biden’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine situation excellent or good, but that view is shared by only 16% of Republicans and 23% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans, 53% of unaffiliated voters and 22% of Democrats rate Biden poor for his handling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.
While 74% of Republicans and 56% of unaffiliated voters think defending the U.S. border against illegal immigration is more important to America's national interest than defending Ukraine against Russian invasion, just 31% of Democrats agree. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Democrats believe defending Ukraine against Russian invasion is more important than protecting the U.S. border, but only 18% of Republicans and 33% of unaffiliated voters share that view.
Majorities of older voters – 58% of those ages 40-64 and 54% of those 65 and older – rate Biden poor on his handling of the Russia-Ukraine situation, but just 33% of voters under 40 agree. Older voters are also much more likely than those under 40 to believe defending the U.S. border against illegal immigration is more important to America's national interest than defending Ukraine against Russian invasion.
Fifty percent (50%) of whites, 32% of black voters and 54% of other minorities give Biden a poor rating for his handling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.
Among voters who give Biden an excellent rating for his handling of the Russia-Ukraine situation, 85% think defending Ukraine is more important to America’s interests than protecting the U.S. border against illegal immigration. By contrast, among voters who rate Biden poor for his handling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine, 84% consider defending the U.S. border against illegal immigration more important.
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