Opinion Today
April 23, 2024
Few have heard about Biden's climate policies, even those who care most about issue Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus & Anthony Salvanto, CBS News President Joe Biden made addressing climate change a key issue in his 2020 campaign. Three years into his presidency, what do those who care about the issue most think about what he's done? How much do they know?
Climate politics and the bottom line Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto & Fred Backus, CBS News For many years, addressing climate change has been framed, at least in political debates, as one that carries an economic tradeoff: Could we afford to do it, even if we think it's otherwise a good idea, or would it cost jobs and money in a world so dependent on fossil fuels? This framing endures today in many ways — especially on a personal level, if not a macro one.
Biden Edges Trump in Two-Way Presidential Contest; Opens Up Lead Among Definite Voters Marist Institute for Public Opinion Despite a still close contest between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Trump’s support among white voters and independents has splintered. Biden is doing better than he did in 2020 among white voters, and he has eliminated the advantage that Trump had among independents earlier this month. 2024’s remarkably, stubbornly stable race — for now Mark Murray, NBC News American politics has largely been stuck in a narrow band of close division for most of the Biden era. New polling shows what could break it one way or the other.
Tracking the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Cameron Easley & Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Biden leads Trump by 1 percentage point, 44% to 43%, a 3-point swing from one week ago, when Trump led 44% to 42%. The race remains closer than before Super Tuesday, when Trump consistently led. How the Middle East might impact Biden’s presidential campaign Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Five charts on how Biden’s handling of the Israel/Hamas war may be affecting his level of support among the Democratic base and whether it might come to haunt Biden come November.
No Soft Power Shake-Ups for Now Julie Ray, Gallup President Joe Biden may not have fully restored the image of the U.S. abroad, but it is in better condition now than it was under his predecessor and likely rival in the November election. A new Gallup report based on surveys in over 130 countries and territories shows that the median global approval rating of U.S. leadership stood at 41% in 2023. Historically, the 41% approval rating is lower than all but one of the ratings under President Barack Obama but is higher than any of those under Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush.
