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Most Voters Say Harris Will Concede – and Trump Won’t – If Defeated in the Election
About seven-in-ten voters say if Harris loses the 2024 election she will accept the results and concede, while roughly a quarter say Trump will do this if he loses. And a majority of voters say the threat of violence against political leaders and their families is a major problem in the country.
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Black voters support Harris over Trump and Kennedy by a wide margin
About three-quarters of Black voters (77%) say they would vote for or lean toward Harris if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
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In Tight Presidential Race, Voters Are Broadly Critical of Both Biden and Trump
Voters are evenly split in their support for Trump (49%) and Biden (48%), but overall lack confidence in both on a range of traits.
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Republican Gains in 2022 Midterms Driven Mostly by Turnout Advantage
68% of U.S. adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election turned out to vote in the 2022 midterms. Former President Donald Trump’s voters turned out at a higher rate in 2022 (71%) than did President Joe Biden’s voters (67%).
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How the GOP won the turnout battle and a narrow victory in last year’s midterms
A new analysis shows that relatively few people who voted in the 2018 midterms were persuaded to vote for a different party four years later.
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Turnout in 2022 House midterms declined from 2018 high, final official returns show
Nearly 107.7 million valid votes were cast in the 2022 House elections, representing about 45.1% of the estimated voting-eligible population.
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Public Has Modest Expectations for Washington’s Return to Divided Government
Most U.S. adults say President Joe Biden (65%) and Republican leaders in Congress (61%) will be unsuccessful getting their agendas enacted in the next two years; only about a third say the president and GOP leaders will be successful. Republicans are less confident than Democrats in midterm vote counts – but more confident than they were after the 2020 election.
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Most Americans say it’s very important to vote to be a good member of society
More Americans say it’s very important to vote in elections to be a good member of society than say the same about any other activity in the survey.
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Turnout in U.S. has soared in recent elections but by some measures still trails that of many other countries
When comparing turnout among the voting-age population in recent national elections in 50 countries, the U.S. ranks 31st.
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