Opinion Today
May 21, 2024
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Approval of Biden's handling of Israel-Hamas war falls to new low amid campus protests Andrew Romano, Yahoo News The survey of 1,794 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 10 to 13, finds President Biden stuck in a lose-lose situation over Gaza. As pro-Palestinian protests rile college campuses and stoke cable news chatter, approval of his handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has fallen to a new low (26%) while disapproval has risen to a new high (60%). No other issue — not inflation, not immigration — tests as poorly for the president at this point.
Half of Americans oppose immigrant detention camps, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Ted Hesson & Jason Lange, Reuters About half of U.S. voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, suggesting Americans may be wary of harsher enforcement plans Donald Trump is considering. Tracking the 2024 Presidential Election Cameron Easley & Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Trump leads Biden by 1 percentage point in our latest tracking, 44% to 43%, matching last week’s data. This is the third successive week in which Biden’s net favorability rating has bettered Trump’s — the longest such stretch since April 2023.
An Early Look at Black Voters’ Views on Biden, Trump and Election 2024 Kiana Cox, Pew Research Center Black voters will play a key role in determining the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. And while Black voters remain overwhelmingly Democratic and support Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a wide margin, Biden’s advantage among this group is not as wide as it was four years ago.
Polling With The Stars: The Celebrity Endorsements Most Likely to Move Young Voters Blueprint As part of a recent poll about young voters and their top issues related to the 2024 election, Blueprint rolled out the red carpet and determined which celebrity endorsements would most influence their presidential vote.
