We have the first exits for the 2024 race, and one thing is clear: people are angry. Seventy-two percent of voters are angry or dissatisfied with the country’s state. Only 41 percent of voters approve of Joe Biden’s job performance:
Again, there is not much regarding crosstabs (yet) on women, working-class voters, union workers, and the like. However, that’s a strong headwind Kamala and the Democrats face if nearly three-fourths of the country thinks the nation is in the toilet. In October, CNN’s Harry Enten warned that no incumbent party has ever kept the White House when the country’s direction is that low.
CNN’s Harry Enten said his new data is a “bad sign” for Kamala Harris as only 28% of Americans believe the country is on the right track.@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/3ODZntMd6t
— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) October 4, 2024
CNN guests at 10 AM: “Whatever you do, don’t pay attention to exit polling.”
CNN at 5 PM: “Just in – our exclusive exit poll results!”
— Christian Schneider (@Schneider_CM) November 5, 2024
72% of voters are dissatisfied or angry with the way things are going in the United States pic.twitter.com/o4N4YuvFc6
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 5, 2024
More than half of voters say that America’s best days are in the future. pic.twitter.com/0iyxdbAmCO
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 5, 2024
Joe Biden’s approval rating as president is sitting at 41%. pic.twitter.com/Oobng9Rqoc
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 5, 2024
Chris Wallace SHOCKS CNN Panel in light of 72% of American being dissatisfied or angry with the direction of the country:
“It would be A MIRACLE that Kamala Harris could win with that kind of headwind!” pic.twitter.com/9wd16TbIxz
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 5, 2024
Over at the Associated Press, immigration and the economy reign supreme in voters’ minds.
Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country. Still, the future of democracy was also a leading motivator for many Americans casting a ballot in Tuesday’s presidential election.
AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide, found a country mired in negativity and desperate for change as Americans faced a stark choice between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump, the Republican, sought to define the election as a referendum on the Biden-Harris administration and blamed it for inflation and illegal crossings at the U.S. border with Mexico. Harris, the Democrat, tried to brand herself as being more focused on the future and described Trump as old, tired and a threat to the Constitution.
About 4 in 10 voters considered the economy and jobs to be the most important problem facing the country, as frustration with inflation spiking in 2022 lingered in the form of higher grocery, housing and gasoline costs. Roughly 2 in 10 voters said the top issue is immigration, and about 1 in 10 picked abortion.
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What unified the country was a sense that the status quo hasn’t been working. About 8 in 10 voters want at least “substantial change” in how the country is run, including about one-quarter who said they want complete and total upheaval. But what that change would look like is a source of dissent and division
These aren’t the numbers you want to see as a Democrat right now. Of course, the ‘democracy’ people are Kamala supporters because they’re from Pluto, not planet Earth.
