Opinion Weekend preview
December 9-10, 2023
Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds Aaron Zitner & Alex Leary, Wall Street Journal President Biden’s political standing is at its weakest point of his presidency, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds, with voters giving him his lowest job-performance marks and favoring Donald Trump for the first time in a head-to-head test of the likely 2024 presidential matchup.
Angry Independent Voters Give Trump Edge Over Biden In 2024: I&I/TIPP Poll Terry Jones, tippinsights Biden's support remains weak among non-Democrats, but especially independents Have the first four Republican debates meant anything? Clifford Young & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Five charts on the state of the Republican primary, how the first four debates have panned out, and how the debates have (and have not) moved the needle.
Americans lack consensus on ideal abortion laws David Montgomery, YouGov State and federal governments are permitted to legalize or ban abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. But in this new environment, Americans are divided on the ideal laws about abortion, as a new Economist/YouGov survey shows.
Consumer sentiment soars in December University of Michigan Consumer sentiment soared 13% in December, erasing all declines from the previous four months, primarily on the basis of improvements in the expected trajectory of inflation.
Increasing numbers of Americans say antisemitism is a serious problem Kathy Frankovic, YouGov Most Americans believe there has been an increase in hate crimes in the U.S., and many think that antisemitism is a serious problem. Few American adults agree with extreme statements such as "The Holocaust is a myth," but those who do are most likely to be under the age of 30.
Which conspiracy theories do Americans believe? Taylor Orth, YouGov A new YouGov survey finds that most Americans — 54% — believe that Lee Harvey Oswald definitely or probably did not act alone in assassinating John F. Kennedy in 1963. Large shares of Americans, though fewer than half, also believe other unfounded claims, including that Barack Obama was not born in the United States (31%) and that voting machines were programmed to change votes in the 2020 election (29%).
