President Biden’s approval ratings are underwater on five key issues facing the nation– Immigration (-18), Taxes and Government Spending (-13), the Economy (-5), National Security (-4), and Healthcare (-1).
A Scott Rasmussen national survey found the president receiving positive approval only on his handling of COVID (+8). 
The president’s low ratings are consistent with other data showing that voters give him low marks for handling the situation at the Southern border. The border situation is considered a crisis by 67% of voters.
Only 38% of voters approve of way the president is addressing taxes and government spending. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove. This may be particularly significant during Congressional debate over what Democrats call the Build Back Better plan and Republicans call the Big Government Socialism bill.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Democrats approve of the way the president is handling Taxes and Government Spending. Disapproval comes from 77% of Republicans and 56% of Independents.
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Question:
Please let me know if you approve or disapprove of the way President Biden is handling each of the following issues:
The economy
19% Strongly approve
25% Somewhat approve
14% Somewhat disapprove
35% Strongly disapprove
7% Not sure
COVID
26% Strongly approve
25% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
30% Strongly disapprove
6% Not sure
Immigration
18% Strongly approve
25% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
34% Strongly disapprove
10% Not sure
National security
20% Strongly approve
23% Somewhat approve
15% Somewhat disapprove
29% Strongly disapprove
12% Not sure
Healthcare
15% Strongly approve
22% Somewhat approve
17% Somewhat disapprove
38% Strongly disapprove
9% Not sure
Taxes and government spending
17% Strongly approve
21% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
38% Strongly disapprove
11% Not sure
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 11-13, 2021. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.8 percentage points.
