Opinion Weekend
August 12-13, 2023
Who likes Donald Trump? Lots of Republicans, but especially Hispanic voters, plus very rural and very conservative people Jonathan Schulman (Northwestern) & Matthew A. Baum (Harvard) Despite multiple state and federal indictments, recent polling indicates that former President Trump retains a commanding lead in the race for the 2024 Republican Party presidential nomination. So it seems useful to understand who, exactly, supports Trump – and whether the multiple criminal indictments against the former president have had any effect on his nomination prospects.
Survey of Consumers University of Michigan Consumer sentiment was essentially unchanged from July, with small offsetting increases and decreases within the index. At 71.2 index points, sentiment is now about 42% above the all-time historic low reached in June of 2022 and is approaching the historical average reading of 86.
The economy is getting better. Why isn’t Biden getting any credit? Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Despite legislative wins and promising macroeconomic signs for Biden, many Americans haven’t seen these big-picture successes translate into their everyday lives.
