Opinion Weekend
May 18-19, 2024
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows why Biden-Trump rematch is still neck and neck Andrew Romano, Yahoo News According to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll, Trump and Biden are tied at 45% apiece among registered voters. How can 2024 be such a stalemate? Part of the reason is polarization. But the Yahoo News/YouGov survey also suggests another explanation: Right now, neither Biden nor Trump is a strong enough candidate to capitalize on his opponent’s flaws.
Americans divided as Supreme Court weighs abortion pill access, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Gabriella Borter & Jason Lange, Reuters Americans are divided on whether women should have to see a doctor in person before receiving abortion pills, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to reimpose that restriction on medication abortion. How much of an impact could the war in Gaza have on the election? Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Five charts on inflation, the war in Gaza and what these two issues might mean for the 2024 election
Democracy is a top concern for many voters. We asked them why. Monica Potts, 538 Fear of another Trump presidency is pushing some undecided voters toward Biden. They Supported Biden in 2020. What Made Them Change Their Minds in 2024? Claire Cain Miller, Bianca Pallaro & Ruth Igielnik, New York Times [via Yahoo] In a recent set of polls, Trump led Biden in five of six key battleground states. Across the states, Biden does not have the support of 14% of the respondents who said they voted for him in 2020. In follow-up interviews, many poll respondents were engaged on certain issues, and said those that Democrats are strongest on, like abortion rights and preserving democracy, were also important to them. But other issues had come to the fore and made them unhappy with how things were going — particularly inflation, immigration and foreign policy. Understanding Religion, Partisanship, and Women Voters Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election PRRI This Spotlight Analysis focuses on women’s religious and partisan affiliations and considers how American women view the two likely presidential nominees, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, by race, education level, age, and religious affiliation.
70 years later, 1 in 3 Black people say integration didn’t help Black students Laura Meckler, Emily Guskin & Scott Clement, Washington Post Landmark Brown. v. Board Supreme Court decision is revered, but Post-Ipsos poll shows mixed feelings about how to address today’s school segregation
