Opinion Today
September 28, 2023
Public Wants Budget Compromise to Avoid Government Shutdown Monmouth University Polling Institute By a 2 to 1 margin, Americans want Congress to compromise on the federal budget in order to avoid a government shutdown. If the government does shut down, 43% will hold the Republicans in Congress most responsible, while a slightly higher number will place the blame on the opposite party – either President Biden (27%) or congressional Democrats (21%).
Nearly Half of Adults Expect to Get the New COVID-19 Vaccine, But Most Parents Don’t Expect to Get It for Their Children KFF The share of the public who intend to get the new COVID-19 vaccine is higher than the share who have received previous booster shots, but not as high as initial vaccine uptake back in 2020. Almost four in ten (37%) people who previously received a COVID-19 vaccine say that they probably or definitely won’t get the new shot. Reflecting patterns from earlier vaccine rollouts during the pandemic, the groups most likely to say they definitely or probably will get the new vaccine include people at least 65 years old (64%) and Democrats (70%).
What Republican voters think of candidates before the second debate Emily Guskin & Scott Clement, Washington Post Our poll found Donald Trump has the most positive image among potential Republican voters.
DeSantis and Haley lead the field of non-Trump candidates entering the second debate Ipsos A new 538/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted in the week leading up to the second Republican presidential debate finds that former President Trump remains the leader of the pack among likely Republican primary or caucus voters. Biden outperforms his approval rating in a head-to-head matchup with Trump Ben Kamisar, NBC News Biden's approval rating in the new NBC News poll is just 41%, but he wins 46% of the vote in a general election matchup against Trump.
