HALF OF VOTERS HAVE HEARD OF DURHAM REPORT ON FBI'S TRUMP INVESTIGATION BUT
SEEM CONFUSED ABOUT ITS CONTENTS
54% OF VOTERS SUPPORT REPEAL OF COVID-ERA
IMMIGRATION REGULATION TITLE 42
NEW
YORK and CAMBRIDGE,
Mass., May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell
(NASDAQ: STGW) today released the results of the May Harvard CAPS /
Harris Poll, a monthly collaboration between the Center for
American Political Studies at Harvard
(CAPS) and the Harris Poll and HarrisX.
President Joe Biden's approval
rating remains at 43% after he announced his reelection campaign in
late April. With default possibly just weeks away, 57% of voters,
up 2 points from last month, want Democrats to give in on their
debt ceiling position. The poll also covers public opinion on crime
and China. Download key results
here.
"Stability continues to be the theme of public opinion this
month," said Mark Penn, Co-Director
of the Harvard-CAPS Harris Poll and Stagwell Chairman and CEO.
"Even the comprehensive Durham
report could not break through the partisanship. Although we seem
to be getting ever closer to a Biden-Trump rematch, there is more
than enough time for major contenders to affect the race by
officially jumping in."
TRUMP CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AFTER CNN TOWN HALL
- Trump now beats Biden in a 2024 general election by 7 points,
47-40.
- Trump stretched his lead in a GOP primary to 58% and Biden
stretched his lead in a Democratic primary to 41%.
VOTERS SEEM CONFUSED BY DURHAM REPORT ON FBI'S TRUMP
INVESTIGATION
- Half of voters, evenly split across parties, have heard of the
Durham report on the FBI's
Trump-Russia probe.
- But Americans are confused about the Durham report's conclusion: half of voters,
including 72% of Democrats, believed the report said the FBI's
Trump investigation was well-founded, even though it said the
opposite.
- 52% of voters believe the Durham report was a fair examination, although
57% of Democrats said it was fair and 54% of Republicans said it
was biased.
- 70% of Democrats still believe Trump worked in concert with
Russia to win the presidency and
71% believe the Steele dossier was a true story.
MAJORITY OF VOTERS ACROSS ALL PARTIES WANT STRICTER
IMMIGRATION POLICIES
- 71% of voters, split evenly across the parties, have heard of
the repeal of Title 42, a COVID-era immigration regulation that
allowed the U.S. government to send those who attempted to cross
the southern border illegally to Mexico to wait for a court date.
- 54% of voters – including 67% of Democrats and 46% of
Republicans – support the repeal of Title 42.
- 53% of voters now think the Biden administration is just trying
to enforce immigration laws more humanely, rather than creating an
open border (which a majority of voters thought in December).
- But only 38% of voters approve of Biden's handling of
immigration, down 2 points from last month.
VOTERS CONTINUE TO WANT DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATIONS
- 35% of voters, up 6 points from last month, now think Biden has
signaled willingness to curb spending in the next year.
- Voters continue to want Democrats to cave and negotiate on the
debt ceiling to prevent a default: 57% say so, up 2 points from
last month.
- As default looms, 70% of voters, up 6 points from last month,
now think default would be a huge issue.
The May Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll survey was conducted online
within the United States from
May 17-18, 2023, among 2,004
registered voters by The Harris Poll and HarrisX. Follow the
Harvard CAPS Harris Poll podcast at
https://www.markpennpolls.com/ or on iHeart Radio, Apple
Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast platforms.
About The Harris Poll & HarrisX
The Harris Poll is a global consulting and market research firm
that strives to reveal the authentic values of modern society to
inspire leaders to create a better tomorrow. It works with clients
in three primary areas: building twenty-first-century corporate
reputation, crafting brand strategy and performance tracking, and
earning organic media through public relations research. One of the
longest-running surveys in the U.S., The Harris Poll has tracked
public opinion, motivations, and social sentiment since 1963, and
is now part of Stagwell, the challenger holding company built to
transform marketing.
HarrisX is a technology-driven market research and data
analytics company that conducts multi-method research in the U.S.
and over 40 countries around the world on behalf of Fortune 100
companies, public policy institutions, global leaders, NGOs and
philanthropic organizations. HarrisX was the most accurate pollster
of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
About the Harvard Center for American Political
Studies
The Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) is committed to
and fosters the interdisciplinary study of U.S.
politics. Governed by a group of political scientists,
sociologists, historians, and economists within the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences at Harvard University,
CAPS drives discussion, research, public outreach, and pedagogy
about all aspects of U.S. politics. CAPS encourages cutting-edge
research using a variety of methodologies, including historical
analysis, social surveys, and formal mathematical modeling, and it
often cooperates with other Harvard
centers to support research training and encourage cross-national
research about the United States
in comparative and global contexts. More information at
https://caps.gov.harvard.edu/.
CONTACT:
Sarah Arvizo
pr@stagwellglobal.com
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