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Republicans Rally Behind Trump After Conviction, Times/Siena Poll Finds
The national survey found that more than two thirds of voters said the outcome of Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal case made no difference to their vote.
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Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds most U.S. adults plan to watch or listen to some element of Thursday's presidential debate.
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Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults plan to watch or listen to some element of Thursday’s presidential debate. And many think the stakes are high for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
BY JONATHAN J. COOPER AND LINLEY SANDERS
Updated 6:43 PM EDT, June 26, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday’s presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Both men remain broadly unpopular as they prepare to face off for the first time since 2020, although Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, maintains a modest enthusiasm advantage with his base compared to Biden, the Democratic incumbent.
About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say they are “extremely” or “very” likely to watch the debate live or in clips, or read about or listen to commentary about the performance of the candidates in the news or social media.
The poll suggests tens of millions of Americans are likely to see or hear about at least part of Thursday’s debate despite how unusually early it comes in the campaign season. Both Biden and Trump supporters view the debate as a major test for their candidate — or just a spectacle not to miss.
“I think it’s super important,” said Victoria Perdomo, a 44-year-old stay-at-home mom and a Trump supporter in Coral Springs, Florida. “It shows America what you’re going to see for the next four years.”
Nic Greene, a libertarian who is a registered independent, said he’ll likely vote for Trump as the “least worst candidate.” He doesn’t think debates do much to help voters make decisions, but he’s expecting to be entertained and plans to listen to post-debate analysis on podcasts.
“I think the majority of people have their minds made up with or without these debates,” he said. “It’s a circus.”
Both sides see the debate as important
About half, 47%, of Americans say the debate is “extremely” or “very” important for the success of Biden’s campaign and about 4 in 10 say it’s highly important for Trump’s campaign. About 3 in 10 Americans say it is at least “very” important for both campaigns.
Most Democrats, 55%, think the upcoming debate is extremely or very important for the success of the Biden campaign. About half of Republicans, 51%, say the same thing about the importance of the debate for the Trump campaign. Only about one-third of independents say the debate, taking place at a CNN studio in Atlanta, is highly important for either campaign.
Arthur Morris, a 40-year-old operations manager at a major financial firm, is an undecided voter open to Biden, Trump or a third-party option such as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He, along with a significant share of Americans, has doubts about the mental capabilities of the aging candidates, and sees Biden’s debate performance as an important test.
“I need Biden to demonstrate to me that he’s cogent enough to be able to hold this office and execute to the level that we need him to,” Morris said.
Trump, meanwhile, needs to show he can be trusted after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in which Trump supporters disrupted the certification of his 2020 loss to Biden and Trump’s recent conviction in a hush money scheme, said Morris, of Lewiston, Ohio.
About 4 in 10 say they are likely to watch or listen to some or all of the debate live, while a similar share say they will watch or listen to clips later. Another 4 in 10, roughly, expect to consume commentary about the debate and candidate performance in the news or on social media. Republicans and Democrats are more likely than independents to be following debate coverage in some capacity.
Voters are still unhappy about their options
Biden and Trump are each entering the debate with low favorability ratings. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say they have a very or somewhat unfavorable view of Biden, and a similar number have a negative view of Trump.Most Americans, 56%, say they are “very” or “somewhat” dissatisfied with Biden being the Democratic Party’s likely nominee for president, and a similar majority are dissatisfied with Trump as the likely GOP nominee. The poll indicates that Republicans continue to be more satisfied with a re-nomination of Trump than Democrats are with an anticipated Biden re-nomination. Six in 10 Republicans are satisfied with Trump as a nominee; just 42% of Democrats say that about Biden.
About 3 in 10 U.S. adults are dissatisfied with both Trump and Biden as their party’s likely nominees – with independents and Democrats being more likely than Republicans to be dissatisfied with both.
Republicans and Democrats are more likely to have a negative view of the opposing party’s candidate than they are to have a positive view of their own.
About 9 in 10 Republicans have an unfavorable view of Biden, and about 9 in 10 Democrats have a negative view of Trump. By comparison, roughly 7 in 10 Democrats have a favorable view of Biden, and about 7 in 10 Republicans have a positive view of Trump.
About 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of how Biden is handling his job as president, in line with where that number has stood for the past two years. Biden’s approval rating among U.S. adults on handling the economy is similar, as is his handling of abortion policy. Only 3 in 10 approve of his approach to immigration.
“I do believe there has been some progress under Biden, but I believe it’s Congress who is the one stalling on any of the policies that Biden wants to proceed with,” said Jane Quan-Bell, 70, a school librarian from Chico, California, and a Democrat.
The conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is an especially vulnerable spot for Biden. With only 26% of U.S. adults approving of his handling of the issue, it’s well below his overall approval rating. Nearly 6 in 10 Democrats disapprove of his approach.
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The poll of 1,088 adults was conducted June 20-24, 2024, using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.___
Cooper reported from Phoenix.
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Trump has 4-point edge over Biden in post-conviction national poll
The NYT/Siena College polls came after former president’s conviction in hush-money trial.Donald Trump is polling at 48 percent among likely voters and Biden at 44 percent, the poll found. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
By KIERRA FRAZIER
06/26/2024 09:14 PM EDT
Donald Trump has a four-point edge over President Joe Biden ahead of their first debate of the 2024 campaign, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Wednesday.
While the candidates were neck-and-neck in a poll from April, Trump is polling at 48 percent among likely voters and Biden at 44 percent, the poll found.
The poll was taken after Trump’s conviction in his hush-money case in New York City. Asked about the verdict, 19 percent of registered voters said it would make them less likely to vote for him, 11 percent said more likely and 68 percent said it would make no difference. Forty-six percent of registered voters said they approved of the verdict, compared to 30 percent who disapproved.
Fundraising numbers have shown growing support for the former president. At the end of May, Trump’s campaign had $116.6 million in the bank, compared to $91.6 million for Biden. Biden’s campaign had its single biggest day of online fundraising the day after Trump was convicted, raising $8.1 million on May 31.
Among likely voters, 55 percent believe Trump has committed serious crimes while 39 percent do not, according to the poll.
In May, Trump became the first former president to become a convicted felon when he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star.
Poll results show that voters are unhappy with the presumed nominees of the 2024 election. Sixty-one percent of respondents said there should be a different Democratic nominee and 54 percent said there should be a different Republican nominee.
Seventy-seven percent of respondents said they intended to watch the debate and 19 percent said they would not. Trump has spent the last week campaigning in different cities while Biden has remained at Camp David since Thursday preparing for their encounter.
The New York Times/Siena College poll was conducted June 20-25, surveying 1,226 registered voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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