When Joe Biden enters the White House on Wednesday, he’ll be taking office with something President Donald Trump never got: a honeymoon.

Polls — including a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll — show more Americans have a favorable opinion of Biden than during the campaign, a sign that he is riding a wave of increased support ahead of his inauguration as president. Since winning the election, Biden’s favorable rating in POLITICO/Morning Consult polls has ranged between 54 percent and 57 percent, his standing in the latest poll released on the eve of his swearing-in.

Biden’s bounce is still smaller than most other recent presidents, including Barack Obama, whose initial approval ratings were above 60 percent. But he is still easily outpacing Trump, whose poll numbers increased only slightly after winning the 2016 election and tumbled soon after taking office as a result of his combative style and unpopular policies.

Views of Biden, while positive overall, break sharply along partisan lines. Roughly nine in 10 Democratic voters, 91 percent, have a favorable opinion of the president-elect, but only 16 percent of Republicans view him favorably. Among independents, 52 percent view Biden favorably, while 41 percent have an unfavorable opinion.

A new president’s approval rating isn’t a trivial matter. It can reflect the political capital the White House has to enact its agenda early in a new term, and Biden is entering with a list of ambitious goals, especially in dealing with the coronavirus and the economic toll it has exacted over the past year.