This week’s Ipsos’ Core Political finds Americans continue to be most concerned about the economy as President Biden holds a 44% approval rating.
The economy (23%) continues to be Americans’ top concern, followed by the healthcare system (10%), crime or corruption (8%), and environment and climate (8%). CONTINUED
Ipsos
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With a leak from the U.S. Supreme Court indicating that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that affirmed a constitutional right to abortion, will be overturned in the coming weeks, new data from PRRI shows that the court’s decision will be far removed from what most Americans want. As of March 2022, a broad majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade (61%) and just over one-third (36%) support it. Opposition is highest among Democrats (74%), including a majority (56%) who strongly oppose overturning Roe. Most independents (61%) also oppose a Roe overturn.
Even Republicans are divided on overturning the landmark decision–48% oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, and 52% support it. Similarly, white evangelical Protestants, the group most likely to support overturning Roe v. Wade, are divided, with 46% opposed to overturning it and 52% in favor. CONTINUED
Public Religion Research Institute
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Sixteen months after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, a slight majority of Americans say former president Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for urging his supporters to march to the building on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The poll finds 52 percent saying Trump should be charged and 42 percent saying he should not. Opinions are very similar to a Post-ABC poll taken one week after the attack, when 54 percent said Trump should be charged for inciting the attack and 43 percent opposed charges. CONTINUED
Jacqueline Alemany & Scott Clement, Washington Post
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A majority of Americans say the Supreme Court should uphold Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion, a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted last week finds.
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn the right to abortion, the survey finds that 54 percent of Americans think the 1973 Roe decision should be upheld while 28 percent believe it should be overturned — a roughly 2-to-1 margin. …
Despite varying opinions on when abortions should be allowed or not, 70 percent of Americans say the decision of whether a woman can have an abortion should be made by the woman and her doctor; 24 percent say it should be regulated by law. CONTINUED
Emily Guskin & Scott Clement, Washington Post
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Nearly five times as many voters think border security has gotten worse over the last two years as say it has improved, according to the latest Fox News survey. In addition, a majority favors keeping Title 42 restrictions — the pandemic-era policy allowing the U.S. to remove migrants on public health grounds.
In general, voters also think immigrants help rather than hurt the country. Forty-five percent say immigrants make the U.S. a better place to live, down from a high of 51% in 2018. On the other side, 39% feel immigrants hurt the country. CONTINUED
Dana Blanton, Fox News
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With six months to go until the 2022 midterm elections, the economic indicators continue to deteriorate for Democrats. While unemployment remains low and the economy continues to grow (except for a recent hiccup that few take seriously), inflation is up dramatically, and interest rates are spiking. …
The president doesn’t have a lot of options when it comes to trying to slow inflation. It’s the Federal Reserve, after all, that is tasked to assure price stability, and the Fed may well have already miscalculated. …
Of course, it really doesn’t matter who missed the boat on inflation. The one thing certain is that an incumbent president will get the blame. Indeed, Biden already has. CONTINUED
Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
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