Joe Biden approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency with a relatively strong job approval rating (59%) and positive views among the public of the coronavirus aid package passed by Congress last month. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (72%) say the Biden administration has done an excellent or good job managing the manufacture and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to Americans.
Of 15 issues asked about, the cost of health care is the only one seen as a very big problem by a majority of Americans, though about half say that the federal budget deficit, violent crime, illegal immigration and gun violence are very big problems. A similar share name the coronavirus outbreak as a very big problem – though that is down significantly from last summer, when nearly six-in-ten (58%) said this.
The coronavirus outbreak sent shock waves through the U.S. labor market, pushing the unemployment rate to near record highs and causing millions to leave the workforce. A year later, a full recovery for the labor market appears distant. From February 2020 to February 2021, a net 2.4 million women and 1.8 million men left the labor force, representing drops of 3.1% and 2.1%, respectively. Hispanic and Black women accounted for much of the decrease in labor force participation among women.
As more states continue to legalize marijuana, an overwhelming share of U.S. adults (91%) say either that marijuana should be legal for both medical and recreational use (60%) or that it should be legal for medical use only (31%). Older adults are far less likely than young people to favor marijuana legalization for recreational use.
At a time when the labor movement in the United States has been facing formidable challenges, majorities of Americans see the long-term decline in the share of workers represented by unions as a bad thing for both the country (56%) and working people (60%) in the U.S. There are sharp partisan differences, with 72% of Democrats saying the decline in union membership has been a bad thing for the country and 40% of Republicans saying the same.
The share of the public that says that Joe Biden has changed the tone and nature of political debate in the United States “for the better.”
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