Opinion Today
February 23, 2024
Ukraine war two years on – the view from Western Europe and the US Matthew Smith, YouGov As we approach the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the military situation in the beleaguered nation looks much the same now as it did a year ago. This stalemate on the battlefield is mirrored in public opinion, with a new YouGov EuroTrack + US study (conducted in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as the United States) finding attitudes unchanged from a year ago.
Four months after Hamas attacked Israel, has American opinion on the longstanding conflict changed? Oana Dumitru, YouGov The longer the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, the more uncertain Americans are that there will ever be peace in the Middle East, with many leaning toward blaming Hamas for the current war.
How do Americans feel about Israel, Palestine, Jews, and Muslims? The Civic Health and Institutions Project and The COVID States Project Between December 21, 2023, and January 29, 2024, we surveyed 30,460 individuals aged 18 and older across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. We included feeling thermometers for Israel, Palestine, Jews, and Muslims, asking people to separately rate how they feel about each group on a 0 to 100 scale. Every demographic group rated Jews higher than Israel and Muslims higher than Palestine. Our findings reveal that young Americans, especially Democrats, rate Israel much less favorably than their older counterparts, but older Democrats also rate Jews higher than most other groups.
More Americans support than oppose a 16-week abortion ban David Montgomery & Kathy Frankovic, YouGov Many Americans say they support a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy, a policy Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly supports.
Race and LGBTQ Issues in K-12 Schools Pew Research Center Amid national debates about what schools are teaching, we asked public K-12 teachers, teens and the American public how they see topics related to race, sexual orientation and gender identity playing out in the classroom. 5 Charts About Public Opinion on the Affordable Care Act KFF Attitudes Toward the ACA Continue to Be More Favorable than Unfavorable, Divided Among Partisans
Women Age 50+ Are the Biggest Wild Card Vote in the 2024 Election AARP Women voters age 50 and older are the biggest wild card vote in the 2024 election, divided almost evenly on their preferred presidential candidate, according to a new AARP poll. Conducted with national pollsters Kristen Soltis Anderson and Margie Omero, the poll shows Biden does particularly well among women 65+, winning this group over Trump by a 7-point margin, while women aged 50-64 are more likely to say they are undecided (15%). Economic confidence among small business owners hits highest level since Biden took office Kate Rogers, CNBC Even in the face of stubborn inflation, small business owners are striking a more positive tone. Optimism surrounding the economy is rising and the CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Confidence Index reached its highest level since President Joe Biden took office, according to the latest quarterly data released on Thursday morning. A majority of America’s small business owners support minimum wage increase, even as they worry about worker affordability Eric Johnson, CNBC New data from the Q1 2024 CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey shows that the majority (61%) of small business owners support raising the minimum wage in their state, even while half (50%) believe it could make it difficult to afford the workers critical to their businesses. California: 2024 Election Public Policy Institute of California Schiff, Porter, and Garvey lead in the top-two US Senate primary race. A solid majority of Republican likely voters say they would vote for Trump (64%) in the presidential primary. Biden continues to lead Trump by a wide margin. Fifty-nine percent of likely voters would vote yes on Proposition 1, which authorizes $6.38 billion in bonds to build mental health treatment facilities and provide housing for homeless Californians.
