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Overall, 88% of voters say that elections across the United States were run and administered at least somewhat well. More than nine-in-ten Trump voters (93%) say this about the 2024 elections, up from just 21% in 2020.
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Overall, 29 of the 49 people who have served as vice president since the country’s founding have gone on to formally seek a party’s presidential nomination.
About three-quarters of Americans (76%) say all citizens who want to vote this fall will be able to.
Here are some of the key public opinion dynamics around Joe Biden’s choice to not pursue the Democratic nomination for the 2024 presidential race.
While Latino voters have favored Democratic candidates in presidential elections for many decades, the margin of support has varied.
About eight-in-ten Republican voters (79%) are non-Hispanic White, down from 93% nearly two decades ago.
Majorities of voters express dissatisfaction with the candidates. And 63% of voters describe both Biden and Trump as “embarrassing.”
Six-in-ten Americans say any U.S. voter should have the option to vote early or absentee without having to document a reason.
Given the number of third-party and independent candidates in the 2024, we examined how such candidates fared in past elections.
Most Biden supporters favor a bigger government with a strong social safety net. Trump backers generally take the opposing view.
More than 73 million people watched at least some of the first Trump-Biden debate in 2020, making it the third-largest debate audience ever.
