Opinion Today
July 12, 2024
Majority of Americans don’t want Biden as the Democratic candidate, but he hasn’t lost ground to Trump, poll says Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour President Joe Biden has held his ground against Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump despite questions about Biden’s mental fitness and calls for him to quit the 2024 race, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged Domenico Montanaro, NPR News The race for the presidency remains statistically tied despite President Biden’s dismal debate performance two weeks ago, a new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.
Contest for President Still “Up for Grabs” Marist Institute for Public Opinion With just days to go before the start of the Republican National Convention, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to be closely matched among registered voters in both a head-to-head matchup and a multicandidate field. Amid Doubts About Biden’s Mental Sharpness, Trump Leads Presidential Race Pew Research Center Following President Biden’s poor performance in the June 27 debate, former President Trump holds a 4 percentage point lead over Biden among registered voters: 44% say that if the election were held today, they would vote for Trump; 40% would vote for Biden, while 15% support third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What Americans think about Project 2025 David Montgomery, YouGov YouGov asked Americans about 12 different proposals contained in the Project 2025 document, without mentioning in the question that the proposals are from the project. None have support from more than 50% of Americans, though two of the 12 have more support than opposition: Sending U.S. troops to help make arrests along the U.S.-Mexico border, and returning the U.S. to a gold-backed currency.
Impact of Anti-Institutional Attitudes Monmouth University Polling Institute Most Americans see an unwillingness to accept election outcomes as a major problem in the country today. Fewer say the same about election fraud, although there are glaring partisan differences in both opinions. Distrust of the courts and justice system is also a problem for many. On a related topic, most Americans would be upset if Donald Trump acted on his anti-institutional statements about suspending laws and constitutional provisions.
Sharply More Americans Want to Curb Immigration to U.S. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Significantly more U.S. adults than a year ago, 55% versus 41%, would like to see immigration to the U.S. decreased. This is the first time since 2005 that a majority of Americans have wanted there to be less immigration, and today’s figure is the largest percentage holding that view since a 58% reading in 2001.
Most support protecting access to IVF AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Most adults support protecting access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a type of fertility treatment where eggs are combined with sperm outside the body in a lab to form an embryo. But the public is more divided regarding the fate of unused embryos produced during IVF and many lack firm opinions about this aspect of the process.
