Opinion Today
March 12, 2024
‘He Lost Me’: Why 10 Voters Who Backed Trump in 2016 and 2020 Have Moved On Patrick Healy, Kristen Soltis Anderson & Adrian J. Rivera, New York Times [unlocked] If we’ve seen an enduring trend from the Republican presidential primaries this winter, it’s that a sizable fraction of G.O.P. voters don’t want Donald Trump as their nominee again. Why is that? And what do these people — who made up 20 to 30 percent of primary voters in some states — think of the Republican Party and the issues facing the country? For our latest Times Opinion focus group, we gathered 10 independents and Republicans who voted for Mr. Trump in 2016 and 2020 but who aren’t supporting him this time around to explore when he lost them. An audio recording of the America in Focus session.
Americans blame social media, elected officials, TV and cable news for “fake news” Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Americans are most likely to think social media platforms, elected officials, and TV and cable news are responsible for creating “fake news,” according to a new Ipsos poll conducted January 5-7, 2024, on the Ipsos KnowledgePanel. Republicans (29%) are far more likely to blame TV and cable news networks for creating fake news compared to Democrats (10%) and independents (15%). The poll also finds that Americans have differing definitions of “fake news.”
2024 Presidential Vote Choice Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, leads the incumbent president by 1 percentage point (44% to 43%) in our latest national tracking survey, compared with a 1-point deficit last week. While Trump consistently led Biden during most of the first two months of 2024, the race has narrowed in recent weeks.
Inflation Expectations Increase at the Medium and Longer-Term Horizons Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the February 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations remained unchanged at the short-term horizon, while increasing at the medium- and longer-term horizons. Donald Trump stumbles onto the third rail: Social Security reform Philip Bump, Washington Post The former president’s campaign quickly tried to pretend he was saying something clearly — and that it was the opposite of what he said.
