Opinion Today
January 15, 2024
Trump's national lead grows as GOP nominating contests kick off CBS News Donald Trump's support among national Republican primary voters has now risen to its highest level yet. His legal issues obviously haven't hurt his standing with primary voters and some of his recent controversial statements resonate with many GOP and "MAGA" voters.
Trump tops his opponents while Biden hits a new low in approval ahead of Iowa caucus Gary Langer, ABC News The 2024 primary season begins with Donald Trump well ahead of his Republican opponents on key measures of popularity, while Joe Biden's job approval rating has dropped to a low for any president in the past 15 years, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
Haley fares best against Biden as Republican contenders hold national leads CBS News While Republican primary voters think Donald Trump is their best shot in November, it's Nikki Haley who right now holds a bigger lead over Joe Biden than either Trump or Ron DeSantis in potential head-to-head match-ups.
Most Republicans agree with "poisoning the blood" language Kabir Khanna, CBS News As Donald Trump dominates the GOP nomination race and some of his inflammatory comments find favor with the party faithful, CBS News measured how the public feels about his "poisoning the blood" language. A striking number of voters agree with this description of immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally, and among Republicans, associating the remarks with Trump himself makes them even likelier to agree.
Nearly half of Nikki Haley’s Iowa backers say they’d vote for Biden over Trump Mark Murray & Alexandra Marquez, NBC News The Iowa poll finds most likely GOP caucusgoers would vote for Trump in the 2024 general election — but not Haley’s supporters.
