58% OF VOTERS BELIEVE THE U.S. LACKS
LEADERSHIP TO HANDLE WORLD AFFAIRS BUT MOST WANT FOCUS ON DOMESTIC
ISSUES
ISRAEL SUPPORT
REMAINS UNCHANGED WHILE UNIVERSITIES UNDER CLOUD
NEW
YORK and CAMBRIDGE,
Mass., April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) today released the results of
the April 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 overall
approval rating is steady at 44%, while Donald Trump
leads the horse race by 4 points. The poll also covers public
opinion on foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war.
Download key results here.
"American voters
are fundamentally utilitarian," said Mark Penn, Co-Director of the
Harvard CAPS / Harris poll and Stagwell
Chairman and CEO. "Despite legal and age issues, voters care most
about how well Biden and Trump performed as president and on that
measure, right now they favor Trump."
ELECTION FUNDAMENTALS SEE LITTLE CHANGE BUT TRUMP
LEAD WIDENS
- Immigration and inflation continue to be voters' top concerns,
tied at 35% each this month.
- 55% of voters believe Trump has committed crimes for which he
should be convicted, but 55% say separately that they approve of
the job he did as president.
- 44% job approval for Biden shows 11-point deficit in job
approval compared to Trump at 55%.
AMERICANS PREFER FOCUS ON DOMESTIC RATHER THAN FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
- 59% of voters say this is a time in world affairs that enables
the U.S. to focus primarily on domestic issues, rather than spend
more on military and foreign affairs (Democrats: 58%; Republicans:
57%; Independents: 63%).
- 58% say the U.S. does not have the leadership necessary to
handle world affairs now.
- 56% support sending $26 billion
in aid to Israel; 49% support
sending $8 billion in aid to the
Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan;
and 48% support sending $61 billion
in aid to Ukraine.
GENERATIONAL SCHISM ON ISRAEL REMAINS SALIENT
DESPITE GENERAL SUPPORT UNCHANGED
- 80% of voters say they support Israel over Hamas (ages 18-24 57% to 43%)
- 71% say the crisis in Gaza has
been created by Hamas, not Israel.
- 78% say Hamas should be removed from running Gaza.
- 72% of voters believe Israel
should move forward with an operation in Rafah in order to finish
the war against Hamas, while doing its best to avoid civilian
casualties (ages 18-24: 57%; ages 65+: 84%).
- 68% oppose a ceasefire unless it means Hamas would be allowed
to continue holding hostages and running Gaza (ages 18-24: 66% still support). 70%
support a "permanent ceasefire" but that support is contingent on
hostage release and end of Hamas rule.
- In the context of the recent Iran attacks against Israel, 80% believe Iran must be stopped from having nuclear
weapons (ages 18-24: 43%; ages 65+: 96%).
M0ST AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF UNIVERSITIES AMID CAMPUS
PROTESTS
- 80% of voters believe students and professors who call for
violence towards Jews should be suspended (ages 18-24: 59%; ages
65+: 92%).
- 64% believe the leaders of private higher education
institutions are not doing enough to prevent antisemitism (ages
18-24: 37%; ages 65+: 80%).
- 64% believe there is a problem with what institutions of higher
learning are teaching students today (ages 18-24: 47%; ages 65+:
74%).
The April Harvard CAPS / Harris poll survey was
conducted online within the United
States on April 24-25, 2024,
among 1,961 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/.
Media Contact:
Sarah
Arvizo
pr@stagwellglobal.com
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