Opinion Weekend
August 26-27, 2023
Biden's Job Approval 42%; Higher on Ukraine, Race Relations Megan Brenan, Gallup Americans’ approval of Biden’s overall job as president and his handling of nine issues are generally steady and are middling at best, topping out at 47% on Ukraine.
Lock Him Up? A New Poll Has Some Bad News for Trump Ankush Khardori, Politico Magazine To hear Donald Trump tell it, the fact that he keeps getting indicted by prosecutors is a boon to his reelection effort. But results from a new Politico Magazine/Ipsos survey suggest Americans are taking the cases seriously — particularly the Justice Department’s 2020 election case — and that most people are skeptical of Trump’s claim to be the victim of a legally baseless witch hunt or an elaborate, multi-jurisdictional effort to “weaponize” law enforcement authorities against him.
Three in five Americans say Trump should stand trial before the Republican primaries or 2024 general election Ipsos New Politico Magazine/Ipsos polling finds that most feel that the Justice Department’s decision to indict Trump in the 2020 election subversion case is rooted in a fair evaluation of the evidence and law. Separately, most Americans think that Hunter Biden is guilty of the alleged crimes in his tax non-payment case. Trump still dominates, no DeSantis bounce from Republican debate Jason Lange, Reuters Trump leads DeSantis by nearly 40 percentage points in the race for the Republican presidential nomination even after declining to debate the Florida governor and other rivals, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Friday. Post-GOP Debate Survey Shows Trump Didn't Suffer for Skipping Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Trump maintains a 44-point lead over DeSantis after skipping the first GOP primary debate.
Where things stand after the debate Clifford Young & Sarah Feldman, Ipsos We look at the numbers behind the first Republican primary debate.
What our post-debate poll means for DeSantis, Ramaswamy and Haley Aaron Blake, Washington Post Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy were declared the winners by most voters, but their showings were less impressive in context. And Nikki Haley’s performance probably mattered most. Americans are divided on whether society overlooks racial discrimination or sees it where it doesn’t exist Kiley Hurst, Pew Research Center We asked U.S. adults what they think is the bigger problem when it comes to racial discrimination in the country today: 53% say people not seeing racial discrimination where it really does exist is the bigger problem; 45% point to people seeing racial discrimination where it really doesn’t exist as the larger issue.
