Opinion Today
December 5, 2023
Fall 2023 Harvard Youth Poll Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among 18-to-29-year-olds, President Biden’s approval rating stands at 35%. Still, the President maintains a solid lead in a head-to-head matchup against former President Trump. When the field expands, potential independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Joe Manchin, and Cornel West take more support from potential Biden voters than Trump voters.
Views on GOP candidates, foreign conflicts and more Sean Noone, NewsNation A NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll of registered voters shows former President Trump remains the frontrunner in the 2024 GOP field and tracks voter sentiments on the U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts, the security of the southern border and the priority issues members of different parties want their leaders to focus on. The poll also reveals Americans from both parties remain concerned about inflation. Republicans and Democrats Continue to Clash over Climate Change Lama El Baz, Chicago Council on Global Affairs The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, 2023, finds strong partisan divisions in threat perceptions posed by climate change, the importance of leading the global effort against it, and the proper level of attention US leaders should give to the issue. However, despite these differences, the overall population rallies behind climate-conscious business practices and globally equitable climate policies.
STEM Gender Gaps Significant Among Gen Z Tara P. Nicola, Gallup Male members of Generation Z in the U.S. are more interested in STEM fields than their female counterparts, according to the latest data from the Gallup and Walton Family Foundation Voices of Gen Z survey. What Do Aggregated Crosstabs Tell Us About 2024? Adam Carlson, Split Ticket Over the past few weeks, I’ve put together an aggregate of subgroup margins from crosstabs of national 2024 general election polls conducted in November 2023. I will be repeating this exercise once a month through the end of October 2024 so we can track how subgroups are shifting over the course of the campaign.