Downriver Today

A January poll by McLaughlin & Associates reports an average of 57% of participants disapprove of President Joe Biden’s work in his first year of office, while 41% approve.

In their monthly survey of national trends related to the American political environment, McLaughlin & Associates seeks insight into voters’ outlook on and opinion related to a number of current topics. The January 2022 survey was conducted from Jan. 13 to Jan. 18 and polled 1,000 likely general election voters.

According to the results, 56% of people believe Vice President Kamala Harris is unfavorable, while 39% say she is favorable. Opinions of Nancy Pelosi followed a similar pattern, as 61% say she is unfavorable and 33% say she is favorable.

Biden’s first year in office has also marked a loss of optimism in residents’ view of their economic well-being. As of January, 62% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse, while only 30% say it is getting better. At the beginning of the Biden administration, however, the general opinion of the U.S. economy was split more proportionally with 52% of Americans believing the state of the economy was worsening and 42% saying it was improving.

When asked how they felt about making former President Donald Trump’s tax cuts permanent, 61% of respondents approved of the move while 26% disapproved. Of those numbers, in the West region, 55% approved, while 32% disapproved. In the Midwest region, 65% approved, while 22% disapproved.

In the 2020 election, the State of Michigan favored Biden and Harris as its presidential pair.