Opinion Today
July 16, 2024
Approval of Congress lowest in five years Victoria Balara, Fox News Just 18% of voters approve of the job Congress is doing, down one point from 19% in February 2024, and December and September 2023. Nearly half of voters, 47%, have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. Slightly fewer, 43%, have a positive view of the Republican Party. The economy is a top concern for voters as 88% are extremely or very concerned about it – it is only edged out for the number one spot by threats to personal rights and freedoms at 89%.
Speaker Mike Johnson Viewed Similarly to Kevin McCarthy Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Americans are more likely to say they have an unfavorable (43%) than favorable (37%) opinion of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. One in five Americans say they have never heard of him (11%) or are not familiar enough with him to offer an opinion (10%). Many Voters Blame Rhetoric, Media and Even Trump Himself for Conditions That Caused Assassination Attempt Eli Yokley, Morning Consult 3 in 5 voters said American political rhetoric was responsible for the political environment that led to the attack, according to our survey conducted days after former President Donald Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet in Pennsylvania. Notably, 38% of voters said Trump himself was to blame for the violent moment. Tracking the 2024 Presidential Election Cameron Easley & Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Trump continues to lead Biden by 2 percentage points, 44% to 42%, unchanged from the previous week and superior to his standing in the lead-up to the first 2024 presidential debate, when the candidates were tied. The latest data was collected Friday through Sunday, meaning most responses were gathered before Saturday’s assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Times/SAY24 swing-state polls show Biden trailing and Democratic Senate candidates leading Douglas Rivers & Carl Bialik, YouGov YouGov polled seven battleground states between July 4 - 12, 2024 for the Times and SAY24, a joint project of Stanford, Arizona State, and Yale Universities. The poll shows the long odds President Biden faces for getting re-elected. He trails in all seven states, six of which he won in 2020 — a significant decline from his position in those states in March. The positive news for Democrats in the poll is the performance of their Senate candidates in the same states.
Biden Facing Challenges in Two Must-Win States, Times/Siena Polls Find Adam Nagourney & Ruth Igielnik, New York Times The polls, taken before the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, found President Biden trailing Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania, a swing state critical to his re-election hopes, and slightly ahead in Virginia, a state he won by 10 points in 2020.
