January 27, 2021
THE UNIFIER:
Biden's Initial Batch Of Executive Actions Is Popular (Perry Bacon Jr., 1/27/21, 538)
Most of Biden's executive actions are popular
Share of all respondents and Republican voters who support or oppose 14 of Biden's executive actions during his first week in office
| SUPPORT | OPPOSE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIDEN EXECUTIVE POLICY | ALL | GOP | ALL | GOP |
| Prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity† | 83% | 64% | 16% | 34% |
| Committing to a government-wide focus on racial equity† | 77 | 52 | 21 | 45 |
| Requiring masks on federal property | 75 | 54 | 19 | 35 |
| Continuing suspension of federal student loan repayments‡ | 68 | 46 | 19 | 38 |
| Continuing a ban on evictions‡ | 66 | 49 | 17 | 31 |
| Restarting DACA program† | 65 | 33 | 33 | 66 |
| Rejoining the World Health Organization | 62 | 29 | 30 | 61 |
| Recommitting to the Paris climate agreement | 61 | 27 | 31 | 63 |
| Reexamining Trump policies on public health and the environment‡ | 57 | 24 | 28 | 56 |
| Allowing noncitizens to be counted in the U.S. Census† | 56 | 17 | 42 | 81 |
| Ending new wall construction at the U.S.-Mexico border | 53 | 14 | 40 | 80 |
| Ending the ban on travel to the U.S. from some primarily Muslim/African nations | 52 | 16 | 40 | 75 |
| Enacting a moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‡ | 49 | 21 | 27 | 53 |
| Revoking the permit for the Keystone pipeline‡ | 43 | 15 | 32 | 60 |
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 27, 2021 6:09 PM