Opinion Weekend
September 14-15, 2024
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: After debate, Harris surges to 5-point lead over Trump among registered voters in head-to-head matchup Andrew Romano, Yahoo News The new poll of 1,755 U.S. adults — one of the first conducted after the Sept. 10 debate — shows Harris (50%) surging to a five-point lead over Trump (45%) among registered voters in a head-to-head matchup. She leads by a similar margin when third-party candidates are included (48% to 44%) and when only likely voters are surveyed (49% to 45%).
Dead Cat Bounce Or Lasting Shift? tippinsights TIPP conducted its online post-debate poll from Wednesday to Friday this week, with 1,721 registered voters participating. Before the debate, Harris held a three-point lead over Trump, 48% to 45%, in the TIPP Poll. Post-debate, her lead expanded to four points, with Harris now leading Trump 47% to 43%.
Will the Harris-Trump debate move the needle? Clifford Young & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Five charts on who watched the debate, how Americans felt about Harris and Trump following the debate, and how, if at all, the debate will affect the race to the White House
Trump supporters drive lack of high confidence in election process in six battleground states, CNN polling finds Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Most likely voters in six key battleground states express at least some confidence in their state’s election process, according to recent CNN polling conducted by SSRS. But far fewer of them have high confidence in the process, with that mistrust driven largely by voters who support former President Donald Trump. Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices Remains Broadly Popular Among Voters, Though Most Are Unaware of the Law and Its Projected Savings KFF Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices on behalf of older Americans remains broadly popular across partisans, though many voters are unaware of the new law and the billions of dollars it is expected to save in 2026, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.
