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2. Biden’s and Trump’s personal qualities and handling of issues
Voters give Trump an edge on issues, Biden an edge on personal conduct
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- 2. Biden’s and Trump’s personal qualities and handling of issues
- Voters give Trump an edge on issues, Biden an edge on personal conduct
- Trump’s backers are more likely than Biden’s to say they agree with their candidate on issues; Biden’s are more likely to like their candidate’s conduct
- Most voters say Biden and Trump are ‘embarrassing’; Biden viewed as more honest, Trump more ‘mentally sharp’
- Voters generally view the candidate they support in positive terms, but a third or more of both candidate’s supporters say ‘embarrassing’ describes their candidate
- Far fewer voters see Biden as mentally sharp than in 2020, while the share saying this about Trump has increased; Biden continues to hold edge on honesty
- Voters have greater confidence in Trump on immigration, the economy, foreign policy; Biden has slight edge on abortion policy
- Trump supporters are more likely than Biden supporters to be very confident in their candidate’s handling of immigration, the economy and foreign policy; more Biden than Trump supporters are highly confident in their candidate on abortion policy
- Confidence in Biden on economy, foreign policy, Supreme Court is down from 2020 election