Key things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024
Polls are more useful to the public if people have realistic expectations about what surveys can do well – and what they cannot.
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Methodology
Focus groups Pew Research Center worked with PSB Insights to conduct nine 90-minute online focus groups with a total of 44 U.S. adults from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10, 2024. The intent of this project was to explore the attitudes and experiences of adults without a four-year college degree, adults in rural areas, and people […]
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1. Views of Trump: Personal traits, confidence on issues, ideology
Americans’ ratings of Donald Trump on some dimensions have ticked up modestly since preelection surveys. For example, 59% now express confidence in Trump to make good decisions about economic policy, up from 55% in September. On other evaluations, such as whether Trump is a good role model, public views are identical or nearly identical to […]
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Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The New York Times and book publisher Penguin Random House are on the receiving end of a defamation lawsuit from President Donald Trump. The suit filed this week targets a book by two Times […]
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2. Confidence in voting access and integrity; expectations for whether and when the election results will be clear
Ahead of the November election, voters overwhelmingly express the importance of several items related to voting access and the outcome of the election. Wide majorities of voters say it is very or somewhat important that: And while sizable majorities of supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump both view these objectives […]
