High Point, NC - In a new High Point University Poll, North Carolinians gave Gov. Roy Cooper a job approval rating of 48%, while 29% said they disapprove and 23% did not offer an opinion either way.

These same respondents gave President Joe Biden a job approval rating of 33%. More than half (53%) of North Carolina residents said they disapprove of the job President Biden is doing.

HPU Poll results on Presidential ApprovalThe poll asked respondents their approval of a list of issues that President Biden has to deal with. Receiving more than one-third approval from North Carolinians were Biden’s handling of COVID-19 (41%), voting integrity (39%), education (38%), civil rights (38%), protecting democracy (38%), the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan (34%), and the war in Ukraine (33%). He gained less than one-third approval on his handling of climate change (32%), law enforcement (32%), school safety (32%), abortion (29%), taxes (28%), securing the U.S. southern border (28%), handling of classified documents (27%), gas prices (25%), inflation (21%), and his son Hunter Biden’s work (18%).

Almost three-quarters (71%) of North Carolinians said the country is on the wrong track, while 20% of those same respondents said the country is headed in the right direction. Only 10% did not offer an opinion either way.

When asked about how things were going in the U.S. Congress, about one-quarter (24%) of North Carolinians said they approved of the job Congress is doing. A majority (52%) said they disapproved of how Congress is doing its job. About another quarter (23%) did not offer an opinion.

The poll also asked North Carolinians whether they have favorable or unfavorable views about a list of people or things. A majority (54%) of those polled have a favorable view of community banks. Of other people or things, more than one-third of respondents had favorable views of Roy Cooper (46%), the United Nations (45%), NATO (44%), the World Health Organization (43%), the U.S. Supreme Court (38%), the North Carolina General Assembly (38%), Joe Biden (37%), the Federal Reserve system (36%), TikTok (34%), and the European Union (33%).

A half or more of North Carolinians have an unfavorable view of the U.S. Congress (54%), big banks (50%), and cryptocurrency (50%). Respondents were split on the International Criminal Court with 26% having a favorable view, 35% having an unfavorable view, and 39% expressing no opinion at all.

The poll asked about views of two countries, Russia and China. Russia had a favorability rating of just 9% with about than three-quarters (74%) of North Carolinians viewing it unfavorably. China had a favorability rating of 13% with about two-thirds (67%) of North Carolinians viewing it unfavorably.

“This poll examined North Carolina attitudes toward some institutions and businesses that are in the news,” says Dr. Martin Kifer, chair of HPU’s Department of Political Science and director of the HPU Poll. “North Carolinians say they have more favorable views of community banks than big banks or cryptocurrency. And the respondents to this poll prefer NATO and the United Nations to the International Criminal Court – though a lot of people are unsure about it or have not heard of it.”

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