2. Views of elected officials
Across 25 countries, relatively small shares of people see all or most of their politicians as honest, understanding of people’s needs, focused on the right problems, ethical or well-qualified.
As concerns around the state of the economy and inflation continue, about eight-in-ten registered voters (81%) say the economy will be very important to their vote in the 2024 presidential election. While the economy is the top issue among voters, a large majority (69%) cite at least five of the 10 issues asked about in […]
Voter engagement with the 2024 election is about as high today it was at similar points during the 2020 and 2016 campaigns. And on various measures of interest in the campaign and voting, there are no significant differences between Biden and Trump supporters. Most voters (71%) say it really matters who wins the election. This […]