Jake Dima on July 19, 2019
President Donald Trump is at 48% approval, and former Vice President Joe Biden is leading among Democratic White House candidates, an NBC/SurveyMonkey poll released Friday revealed.
The poll asked respondents questions about Trump’s job, the economy, the environment, health care, and immigration among other top issues in the presidential race.
Sixty-eight percent of respondents found the economy to be in good standing. When it came to political issues, 22% replied that immigration mattered most to them, with 21% trailing closely behind, saying health care and the economy were most important.
As the second round of presidential debates comes closer, the poll showed Biden in the lead at 25% of respondents saying they would vote for him if a Democratic primary or caucus was held today; Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in at 16%.
Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris came in at 14%, followed by South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 8%.
Thirty-two percent somewhat disapproved of how Congress is performing, and 43% strongly disapproved.
The poll was conducted between July 2 and 16 “among 13,553 registered voters with an error estimate of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points,” according to NBC, and among 5,548 Democratic-leaning and Democratic registered voters, “the margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.”
