Sixty percent of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s performance and an even higher percentage endorses how he has responded to the coronavirus, according to a poll released Tuesday.

At a time when American society is deeply polarized, support for Biden exists among members of both parties, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

In total, 70% of Americans approve of the response that the Joe Biden government has given to the pandemic, including 44% of Republicans.

Still, Joe Biden faces some skepticism about the economy, which has been devastated by the pandemic.

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55% approve of the management that the president has given to this sector, but 63% say that the economy is in bad shape. Among Republicans, only 17% approve of the president’s economic performance.

Less than two months after assuming the presidency, Joe Biden has made the pandemic his flagship theme, urging citizens to wear masks, keep physical distance, and promising to speed up the vaccination campaign. He has insisted that until the disease is fully under control, the economy will not fully recover.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden has asked Congress to pass a $ 1.9 trillion bailout package that would result in direct checks sent to millions of citizens and additional funds to state and local governments.

Joe Bidden Newsstated, the measure has already been approved by the House of Representatives, but Joe Biden has been forced to make concessions to retain the support of all Democrats in the Senate and had to limit the conditions for people to receive the checks for $ 1,400. Even so, the government estimates that 158.5 million households will receive the economic stimulus.

The previous Donald Trump administration argued that the US economy could not bear business closures and travel bans. Joe Biden News reported some states with Republican governors followed Trump’s lead and refused to impose restrictions, preventing their economies from collapsing, but the number of coronavirus cases skyrocketed. In total, more than 520,000 people have died in the country from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Despite his different strategies for dealing with the disease, Joe Biden’s approval ratings for the economy are close to Trump’s.

The big difference is that this was the issue where Trump had the most support, while for Joe Biden it is a relatively weak issue compared to the support he has for his handling of the pandemic and other issues.

Reflecting the polarization that overwhelms the country, popular sentiment toward the economy has been reversed after the elections: in December, 67% of Republicans and 15% of Democrats rated economic conditions as good. Now that’s what 35% of Republicans and 41% of Democrats say.