Opinion Today
June 10, 2024
Increase in Liberal Views Brings Ideological Parity on Social Issues Justin McCarthy, Gallup Americans have become significantly more likely to identify as liberal in their views on social issues over the past quarter century. In most annual measures since 2015, they have been about equally likely to express having liberal views as moderate and conservative ones -- reflecting a shift from Gallup’s earliest measures, when liberal perspectives on social issues were a firmly minority viewpoint. Meanwhile, Americans still lean conservative on economic issues, but the percentage leaning liberal has been trending up slightly.
Trump and Biden neck and neck nationally and in battlegrounds — CBS News poll Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus & Kabir Khanna, CBS News Among all the factors on voters' minds this election, former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict pales in comparison to issues like the economy, inflation, and the border — all items on which Trump maintains advantages. As such, the verdict has not dramatically reshaped the race. But what we do see is a few more Joe Biden voters activated out of opposition to Trump.
