In saying they want a different candidate in 2024, Democrats cited a variety of reasons, with most in an open-ended question citing his age (33 percent), closely followed by dissatisfaction with how he’s doing the job. About one in eight Democrats simply said they wanted someone new, and one in 10 said he wasn’t progressive enough. Smaller factions expressed doubts about his ability to win and his mental acuity.
The Times/Siena poll of 849 registered voters nationwide was conducted July 5-7 following the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, removing the constitutional right to abortion that had been protected for half a century. The decision sent Democrats into the streets and unleashed an outpouring of political contributions.
The state of jobs in the United States
Job gains continued to maintain their impressive pace, easing concerns about an economic slowdown but complicating efforts to fight inflation.
Typically, voters who agree with the party in power — Democrats now hold the House, Senate and White House — are more optimistic about the nation’s direction. But only 27 percent of Democrats think the country is on the right track. And with the fall of Roe, there was a noticeable gender gap among Democrats: Only 20 percent of Democratic women said the country was moving in the right direction, compared with 39 percent of Democratic men.
Overall, abortion was rated as the most important issue for 5 percent of voters: 1 percent of men, 9 percent of women.
Gun policies, in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Texas, and elsewhere, and the Supreme Court’s June 23 decision striking down a New York law that placed strict restrictions on carrying guns outside the home were ranked as the biggest issue with 10 percent of the voters — much higher than has been typical of national polls in recent years. The issue matters even more to black and Hispanic voters, ranking about the same as inflation and the cost of living, the survey found.
The coronavirus pandemic, which so severely disrupted life at the end of Trump’s administration and in the first year of Mr. Biden’s presidency, has largely receded from voters’ minds, the survey found. In an open-ended question, less than one percent of voters named the virus as the nation’s most important problem.
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