Opinion Today
October 1, 2024
Views of Vance, Walz ahead of debate — CBS News poll Fred Backus, Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News Most voters say they'll tune in to watch Tuesday night's vice presidential debate and that they're looking to learn something about the candidates, even as many also say — perhaps unsurprisingly in this partisan environment — that they're watching to root for their side or to see if the other side makes a mistake.
The 2024 Election Is Looking for a Theme Chris Jackson & Mallory Newall, Ipsos New polling from Ipsos investigates Americans’ priorities around the 2024 election and for the next president. We find that while inflation remains key to a subset of Americans, a desire to build a more forward-looking economy is also prominent.
On most issues, Black voters are more confident in Harris than Trump Kiana Cox, Pew Research Center The overwhelming majority of Black registered voters support Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. More than eight-in-ten (84%) say they would vote for Harris if the election were held today, while 13% say they would vote for Trump. Military veterans remain a Republican group, backing Trump over Harris by wide margin Joseph Copeland, Pew Research Center Military veterans have long tended to affiliate with the Republican Party and support Republican candidates, and that remains the case today. Support for a Third Political Party in the U.S. Dips to 58% Mary Claire Evans, Gallup Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults agree that a third major party is needed in the U.S. because the Republican and Democratic parties “do such a poor job” of representing the American people, marking the 12th consecutive majority-level reading in Gallup’s trend that stretches back more than two decades. Too many babies? Too few? What Americans think about the birth rate David Montgomery, YouGov Americans are divided about whether the U.S. birth rate is too high (23%) or too low (22%), but are more likely to say that there are too many children being born worldwide (29%) than that there aren't enough (15%), a new YouGov survey finds.
