Opinion Weekend
July 27-28, 2024
Harris Erases Trump’s Lead, WSJ Poll Finds John McCormick & Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Two candidates are effectively tied after Biden’s exit shakes up race.
After Biden's exit: Far more Democrats say they're optimistic, and most back Harris Taylor Orth & Carl Bialik, YouGov When Joe Biden announced he was stepping aside as the Democratic nominee for president, many Democrats say they felt relieved and optimistic, according to a survey conducted just after he left the race on July 21. Others described themselves as sad and grateful.
Where Harris improves on Biden Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Five charts on how the presidential race has changed since Kamala Harris took over as the likely Democratic presidential candidate
Also in this week's Opinion Weekend: State polls from Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota and more | Democrats’ Support for Immigration Appears to Be Weakening | Voters Aren’t Sure Who Kamala Harris Really Is | The polls send a clear message about Kamala Harris. But that’s not the full story. | The election has been totally upended. Here’s what the polls show. | Democrats Bet America Is Ready to Elect a Black Woman President | How Kamala Harris could win (or lose) the Electoral College | Democrats worry about Harris ‘blue wall’ strength | Pro-Gaza Activists Size Up Kamala Harris | Beyoncé vs. Kid Rock: Gender roles are back on the ballot as Trump-Harris race takes shape | Biden’s Economic Message Failed With Voters. Can Harris Do Better? | Silent No More, Harris Seeks Her Own Voice Without Breaking With Biden | Harris seized the moment. Can she translate that energy to victory? | Harris Just Showed Why Trump Is So Afraid of Her | ‘Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters | With Trump in mind, some progressives online turn against anti-Harris leftists | Can Harris Pull Off a Victory in Three Months? Three Top Strategists Lay Out How | The Perils Of Backseat Driving Kamala Harris | I Was a Kamala Harris Skeptic. Here’s How I Got Coconut-Pilled. | Could Josh Shapiro win Kamala Harris the Electoral College? | How the press helped Trump sell himself as a strongman | How Trump and Vance went from a ‘threat to democracy’ to ‘weird’ | 'Ultimate team player:' Why some Democrats think Roy Cooper is Harris' top VP pick | The most interesting ballot measures of 2024 | Harris' ascension could break a barrier — but fewer women are running for Congress | New Interactive Resource Tracking Voter Turnout in American Elections | Census shows America’s post-2020 population is driven by diversity especially among the young | Slowly, then all at once: What Biden’s sudden departure tells us about how social change happens | LGBTQ+ Adults Are Coming Out at Younger Ages Than in the Past | Who’s most likely to adopt — or get adopted | Two in Three Americans Say They Will Watch the Olympics ... & more.