In the crucial early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, a new survey found that while former President Trump holds a solid lead in both states among Republican voters, a vast majority of those voters are not committed to supporting him.
In Iowa, where the presidential caucuses start the primary process, a new CBS News/YouGov <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2024-poll-gop-primary-iowa-new-hampshire/">survey</a> conducted between September 15-24 found only 20% of voters saying that they were committed to voting for Trump, while 48% are considering both Trump and other candidates, and 31% declared they will not vote for Trump.
Though a majority of respondents said they were potentially open to a candidate other than Trump, the poll also found that the former president currently holds a solid lead in the state (51%). The poll found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (21%) is running second, while former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (8%) is running third.
In New Hampshire, 23% of voters said that they are committed to Trump, while 43% are considering both Trump and other candidates, and 31% declared they will not vote for Trump. As in Iowa, Trump leads the race (50%), while DeSantis (13%) is running second, and Haley (11%) is running third.
The poll also found 62% of Republicans in Iowa and 53% of GOP voters in New Hampshire said the GOP presidential debates were a “major factor” in their decision as to which candidate to back.
“Voters considering choices other than Trump say they are doing so to keep their options open,” CBS News reported. “They also show concern about Trump&#8217;s controversies and legal fights, and think the party should consider someone new.”
Polls show Trump with a commanding lead over his rivals, but history shows that 13 months before the presidential election may well be too early to draw a definitive conclusion of who the ultimate candidate will be.  At the end of September 2007, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries">leaders in the GOP polling</a> were Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney; John McCain ultimately won the nomination.
At the end of September 2011, Mitt Romney (the ultimate nominee) was leading, but one week later the leader was Herman Cain; they battled for the lead for a week before Newt Gingrich sprang into the lead, which he kept until late December 2011. By February 2012 Rick Santorum gained the lead; it wasn’t until late February 2012 that Romney was in the lead to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries">stay.</a>

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a> has the largest edge ever over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats</a> with voters on the economy, according to a new poll.
An NBC News <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23990905-230239-nbc-september-2023-poll_for-release-92623" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> released Tuesday shows the GOP with a 21-point lead over the Democratic Party when it comes to who Americans trust more to handle the financial system. The difference is the largest in the poll’s history, which dates back more than three decades to 1991.
The poll, which consisted of responses from 1,000 registered voters taken from September 15-19, found that 49% of Americans favor Republican economic policy as opposed to 28% who favor Democrats’. The margin of error is 3.1%.
It also showed Republicans with leads beyond the margin of error on the issues of border security (50% for Republicans-20% for Democrats), crime (46%-20%), immigration (45%-27%), and protecting constitutional rights (43%-35%). Democrats held sizable leads on the issues of education (30%-40%), coronavirus (26%-37%), abortion (28%-46%), and healthcare (22%-45%).
Two pollsters conducted the poll: Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies and Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research.
“On this survey after 20 or 30 years, Republicans dealing with the economy [versus Democrats], immigration and crime are all at their all-time highs,” McInturff said, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/poll-republicans-advantages-immigration-crime-economy-rcna117054" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>.
“The other thing that is maybe not expected is these phrases: ‘protecting our constitutional rights’ and ‘protecting democracy.’ These are things where overall the electorate thinks Republicans are more focused and would do a better job than Democrats,” he added.
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The economic numbers suggest that Americans are not buying the Biden administration&#8217;s optimistic message on the economy. The White House has made a concerted effort to sell Americans on the president’s economic agenda, even adopting the shorthand tag “Bidenomics” to refer to the president’s economic policies.
The effort so far appears to have flopped. A Washington Post-ABC News poll published on Sunday shows Americans are overall pessimistic about the state of the U.S. economy. Nearly three-quarters of Americans <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/24/biden-trump-poll-2024-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believe</a> the economy is either “not so good” or “poor” compared to just a quarter who rate the economy as “excellent” or “good.”
Inflation <a href="https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remains</a> above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, and Fed chairman Jerome Powell stated last month that the Federal Reserve board may not be done hiking interest rates.
“We have tightened policy significantly over the past year. Although inflation has moved down from its peak — a welcome development — it remains too high,” Powell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-still-too-high-to-consider-cutting-interest-rates-fed-chair-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We are prepared to raise rates further if appropriate, and intend to hold policy at a restrictive level until we are confident that inflation is moving sustainably down toward our objective.”

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A new poll could signal trouble for President Joe Biden as former President Donald Trump holds a big lead in a hypothetical head-to-head. 
The Washington Post-ABC News <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/24/biden-trump-poll-2024-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> has Trump, the GOP frontrunner, with a ten percentage point lead over Biden among registered voters, at 52% to 42%, well beyond the 3.5 percentage point <a href="https://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1230a3PresidentialPolitics.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">margin of error</a>. Biden’s approval rating on top issues for voters, including the economy and immigration, shows the president faces an uphill battle in 2024 over topics far beyond his age. 
“The latest ABC/Washington Post Poll has Trump beating Biden by 10% and they are desperately scrambling trying to call it an ‘outlier,’” chair of the House Republican Conference, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), posted on X. “It’s not an outlier. The elitist Left and their stenographers in the mainstream media should talk to more voters across America. President Trump has historic support in Upstate New York and all across the country!”
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Good morning! 
The latest ABC/Washington Post Poll has Trump beating Biden by 10% and they are desperately scrambling trying to call it an “outlier.”
It’s not an outlier. The elitist Left and their stenographers in the mainstream media should talk to more voters across America.… <a href="https://t.co/sH13O3M82C">pic.twitter.com/sH13O3M82C</a>
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The Post described the results as an “outlier.” According to the RealClearPolitics <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/general-election-trump-vs-biden-7383.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">average</a> of polls, Trump holds a 1.1 percentage point lead over Biden. Of the twelve most recent polls included in the average, Trump beats Biden in five, while Biden beats Trump in three, and four are ties. 
According to the new WaPo/ABC News poll, the majority of voters, 74%, believe Biden is too old for a second term, up six percentage points <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/troubles-biden-age-reelection-campaign-poll/story?id=103436611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from</a> May. Biden&#8217;s approval rating for the economy, which is consistently at the top of voters’ priorities, sits at 30%, despite his administration touting “Bidenomics.&#8221; His approval on the border issue is a dismal 23%, and the president&#8217;s overall approval rating is 37%, with 56% disapproval. Trump, who left office with a 38% approval rating, now has a retrospective 48% approval for his performance in the White House, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/troubles-biden-age-reelection-campaign-poll/story?id=103436611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC</a>. 
The former president also has a commanding lead among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, with 54% supporting his bid for the GOP nomination. His next closest challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, is at 15%, followed by the remainder of the candidates in single digits, the survey found. In May, DeSantis was at 25%, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/24/biden-trump-poll-2024-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Post</a>. 
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Most Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents, 62%, believe the party should nominate someone besides Biden, while just a third support another term for the president. Despite this, Biden is <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/24_democratic_presidential_nomination-8171.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling well ahead</a> of the two other Democratic candidates, Robert F. Kennedy and self-help author Marianne Williamson. 
As for who the alternative could be, 8% said Vice President Kamala Harris, 8% said Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders, 7% said Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, and 20% said “someone else.” 
“Left-wing ABC News/WashPost poll has Trump up 10 points (!) over Biden. By comparison, ABC/WP poll from September 2019 had Biden up 15 points,” Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief at The Federalist, <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1705825403124723945" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X. “The poll tends to dramatically overstate Democrat support &#8230; its final 2020 poll had Biden up 12, for example.”
Trump touted his poll numbers in his decision to skip the first Republican debate in August, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-sit-for-interview-with-tucker-carlson-skip-first-gop-debate-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “People know my Record, one of the BEST EVER, so why would I Debate?” The decision appears to have not affected his national poll numbers. Trump will also skip the second GOP debate on Wednesday to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-skip-next-republican-debate-give-speech-auto-issues-aide-2023-09-18/#:~:text=Sept%2018%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Former,workers%20and%20America's%20leading%20automakers." target="_blank" rel="noopener">give a speech</a> to striking auto workers in Detroit.

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As deep blue New York scrambles to metabolize the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who have flooded the state since last year, many residents say they want a southern border wall.
More than four in ten New York state residents — 41% — said they support a border wall spanning the entire length of the country&#8217;s southern border with Mexico, <a href="https://scri.siena.edu/2023/09/12/majorities-support-using-federal-properties-to-shelter-migrants-easier-work-authorizations-comprehensive-immigration-reform-oppose-border-wall-50-41/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a Siena College Poll released Tuesday.
Even in New York City, 38% of city dwellers said they support a border wall.
Half of New Yorkers said they would oppose a border wall spanning the length of the southern border, the poll found.
The border wall was a key project of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration, but President Biden later <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scrapped</a> efforts to complete the wall on his first day in office.
The illegal drug market and the economic consequences of welcoming so many illegal migrants were also issues addressed by the poll.
About 38% of New Yorkers said they believe the current migrants coming into the country are the source of much of the illegal drugs entering our country, the poll found.
Even more, 42%, said the migrants take more in resources than they return in economic activity or taxes.
About 31% said that many people trying to immigrate to the U.S. are &#8220;dangerous potentially criminal people,&#8221; according to the poll.
Meanwhile, about 35% said they believe many people trying to immigrate to the U.S. &#8220;just want free hand-outs from our government and people &#8230; and do not want to work.&#8221;
More than 110,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since last year, and 60,000 are still being housed on the city’s dime, causing officials to open additional homeless shelters.
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<div class="ad-wrapper">“This issue will destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a town hall meeting on Wednesday. “We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month … Every community in this city is going to be impacted.”</div>
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Over the weekend, Adams announced budget cuts to the tune of billions of dollars due to the migrant crisis. All city agencies will be forced to reduce spending by 5% <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-orders-billions-in-budget-cuts-escalating-call-for-federal-and-state-migrant-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">starting</a> in November and 15% by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/09/nyc-eric-adams-migrant-crisis-00114879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">next spring</a>.
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The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has since given New York City $140 million in federal funding to address the migrant crisis, but Adams has said it would take more aid to get the situation under control.
Migrants are also causing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space">other headaches</a> for New York besides overcrowding the emergency shelter system — some have caused public disturbances. Meanwhile, business owners in Manhattan say their businesses suffer significantly due to the chaos spilling onto the streets from hotels used as migrant shelters. Migrants have been spotted drinking and using drugs inside the hotels as well.
The Siena College Poll surveyed 800 New York state residents last week. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

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A majority of Americans, including nearly 70% of Democrats, think President Joe Biden is too old for another term as president, a new poll found.
About 69% of Democrats and 77% of voters said Biden is too old to serve another four years, <a href="https://apnorc.org/projects/bidens-age-is-a-significant-concern-for-voters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey.
Only 22% of voters said Biden is not too old for another presidential term.
The Associated Press poll also included a word association exercise that asked people to give the first word or phrase that comes to mind for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Biden.
About 28% of Democrats <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-age-poll-trump-2024-620e0a5cfa0039a6448f607c17c7f23e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mentioned</a> Biden&#8217;s age. Even one Democrat who said he approved of Biden&#8217;s performance still called him “senile.” Democrats said they preferred the terms mentioning Biden&#8217;s age over “president,” “leader,” “strong” or “capable.”
Out of all respondents, about 15% used words like “slow” or “confused,” and another 26% mentioned Biden&#8217;s age. One Republican said, “potato.”
For Trump, the top words were “corrupt” or “crooked” with 15% of people using those terms, 11% for “bad” and other negative terms, 8% for words like “liar” and “dishonest,” and 8% for “good” and other positive comments.
About three-fourths <a href="https://apnorc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/August-2023-Omnibus-Biden-Economy-Topline.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they do not want Biden to run in 2024, while slightly fewer, 69% said they do not want former President Donald Trump to run.
Meanwhile, about 74% of voters said they think the country is heading in the wrong direction, according to the poll.
Biden&#8217;s favorability rating has been floundering for months now. About 52% of Americans currently say they have an unfavorable opinion of the president, the poll found.
Biden&#8217;s approval rating on individual policy areas is even worse.
About 63% disapprove of how Biden handles the economy, and 56% disapprove of how he conducts foreign policy, according to the poll. About 45% say they have hardly any confidence at all in Biden&#8217;s ability to &#8220;effectively manage the White House.&#8221;
Corruption is also a big optics problem for Biden.
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A majority of voters, 57%, say they have hardly any confidence in Biden&#8217;s ability to reduce the amount of corruption in the government in Washington.
Biden&#8217;s son Hunter Biden&#8217;s alleged criminal behavior and financial dealings with foreign countries have dogged the president since his campaign and are bound to feature again this election cycle, especially now that the attorney general has appointed a special counsel to investigate the younger Biden.
Nevertheless, Biden seeks a second term and is the decided frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.
Biden is polling at about 65.5% for the nomination, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is polling at 12.8% and self-help author Marianne Williamson sits at 6.8%,  <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/24_democratic_presidential_nomination-8171.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the RealClearPolitics average of polls.
Trump is also polling double digits ahead of his primary contenders battling his own troubles as he contends with dozens of felony charges in four criminal cases against him.
The former president is currently <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling</a> at 53% for the Republican nomination for president, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is polling behind in second, followed by tech entrepreneur and political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy.
Just under half of voters in the Associated Press poll, about 47% say they consider themselves moderate, and only 21% said they consider themselves liberal, while 31% said they consider themselves conservative.
The poll surveyed 1,165 adults from August 10 to 14 with a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.

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A majority of Americans do not want the United States to continue sending aid to Ukraine as its war against Russia nears the year-and-a-half mark, according to a CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/politics/cnn-poll-ukraine/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> released Friday. 
Of the more than 1,200 adult respondents to the poll <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23897329-cnn-ukraine-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conducted</a> by SSRS, 55% said Congress should not approve additional funding to Ukraine, while 45% supported more funding. Most Americans (51%) also said that the U.S. has already done enough to support the Ukrainian effort while 48% said the U.S. should do more. The findings mark a drastic reversal of a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/cnn-poll-russia-ukraine-us-aid/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN poll</a> conducted shortly after Russia’s invasion in February 2022, which found that 62% of Americans wanted the U.S. to do more to help Ukraine.
In the first year of the conflict, Congress approved <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly</a> $113 billion in aid to Ukraine — far more than any other country. Last month, the State Department announced that another $400 million in arms and equipment would be sent to Ukraine, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-to-send-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine-bypassing-u-s-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cluster bombs</a>. The bombs are banned by most countries in the world due to the view that they are inhumane because of high failure rates and unexploded fragments that can linger for years, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66134663" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the BBC.
The new CNN poll, conducted throughout July and featuring an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points, showed a partisan divide on continued aid for Ukraine with 71% of Republicans opposing more funding for the European country compared to 62% of Democrats who want the U.S. to send more assistance. Among liberal Democrats, 74% support additional funding to Ukrainian forces while 51% of moderate Democrats say the same. Conservative Republicans were the most likely to oppose any further assistance to Ukraine with 76% opposing any more funding for the country. 
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A majority of Democrats support providing weapons to Ukraine compared to just 39% of independents and 30% of Republicans, the poll found. Americans from across the political spectrum widely agree that the U.S. should not send its own forces into Ukraine. Only 20% of all the respondents said they support such an escalation, broken down to 19% of Democrats, 18% of independents, and 16% of Republicans.  
Less than half of Americans (45%) approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Ukraine-Russia war, and even less (43%) approve of how he is handling U.S.-Russia relations, according to the poll. The president has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/07/12/remarks-by-president-biden-on-supporting-ukraine-defending-democratic-values-and-taking-action-to-address-global-challenges-vilnius-lithuania/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/world/europe/biden-nato-ukraine-russia.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the U.S. will support Ukraine for “as long as it takes.”

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The political divide between high school boys and girls across America has widened tremendously in recent years, as more boys identify as conservative while girls are moving to the Left, according to a recent survey. 
Annual polling over the past three years conducted by <a href="https://monitoringthefuture.org/results/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monitoring the Future</a> and the University of Michigan showed that more 12th-grade boys are identifying as conservative than liberal, while 12th-grade girls&#8217; liberal political affiliation continues to rise, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4125661-high-school-boys-are-trending-conservative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The most recent survey showed that 23% of 12th-grade boys identified as conservative, while only 13% of senior boys considered themselves liberal. Around 30% of senior girls in high school identified as liberals in 2021 and 2022, up from 25% in 2020, according to Monitoring the Future. 
Psychotherapist Thomas Kersting <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332233249112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; that he&#8217;s not surprised by the study&#8217;s findings. 
“You look at … all the messaging in society and it’s sort of like everything is about advancing within minorities … and young men, young boys sort of being left out; they&#8217;re sort of being left behind,&#8221; Kersting said. &#8220;And then you have politicians out there saying things like the number one problem in America is white men and things of that nature, but I think 12th-grade boys are kind of seeing through this.” 
“We’re creating this idea that if you’re a male, then there’s something wrong with that and that you’re bad,” he added. 
According to Monitoring the Future, liberal high school boys outnumbered conservatives in the late 1970s, during the Jimmy Carter presidency, and for a brief time in the late 2000s, while President Barack Obama was in the White House. Since 2016, however, the trend toward conservatism for high school boys has grown considerably. 
High school girls, on the other hand, have drastically moved to the Left in the past decade, a trend also shown by recent Gallup <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3675477-young-women-are-trending-liberal-young-men-are-not/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polls</a>. Young women are shifting Left as the Democratic Party doubles down on its commitment to ensuring abortion access after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer. 
As boys in high school shift to the Right, fewer young men are graduating from America’s universities, which many conservatives believe have become beacons of leftist ideology. In the 2018-2019 academic year, just 74 men <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-male-college-crisis-is-not-just-in-enrollment-but-completion/#:~:text=Over%201.1%20million%20women%20received,master's%20degree%2C%20relative%20to%20women." target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a bachelor’s degree for every 100 women who completed their program. As of 2023, 64% of women at public universities were graduating compared to 58% of men. In overall enrollment, women are outnumbering men by almost 60% to 40%, <a href="https://hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed-result-of-the-decline-of-men-in-college-its-harder-for-women-to-get-in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. 
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While high school boys trend to the Right and girls move to the Left, most high school students, regardless of gender, don’t consider themselves conservative or liberal. More than 40% responded to the liberal-conservative question on the survey saying, &#8220;None of the above” or “I don’t know.”

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The vast majority of Americans want some restrictions on abortion, even though most do not want abortion to be totally banned, new poll data shows.
While two thirds of Americans say abortion should generally be legal, that number is nuanced because most Americans do want some restrictions, according to a June <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-poll-roe-dobbs-ban-opinion-fcfdfc5a799ac3be617d99999e92eabe?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Wednesday.
Only about a quarter of Americans say abortion should always be legal, the poll found.
About 73% of people think abortion should be legal in the first six weeks of pregnancy, but that number drops to only half of Americans at 15 weeks, which is still just the beginning of the second trimester.
About a tenth of Americans say abortion should never be legal, according to the poll.
The poll gauged public opinion one year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
Overall, public opinion is roughly about the same as it was a year ago, when Roe vs. Wade was overturned, the poll shows.
After the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision, Republican legislatures have enacted abortion bans at the state level in many states. Abortion is currently <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-poll-roe-dobbs-ban-opinion-fcfdfc5a799ac3be617d99999e92eabe?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> throughout pregnancy in 14 states, which have different exceptions depending on the state.
In Georgia, abortion is banned once the unborn baby&#8217;s heartbeat can be detected, which is around six weeks. Similar &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; abortion bans in Ohio and South Carolina are stuck in court, so they are not currently in effect. Florida <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/13/florida-6-week-abortion-ban-bill-00091965" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; ban in April that will not take effect until the Florida Supreme Court delivers a ruling on an abortion case about a separate 15-week ban Governor Ron DeSantis passed last year. Iowa also has a &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; ban that is expected to be signed by Governor Kim Reynolds soon.
The Supreme Court’s decision <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/planned-parenthood-reacts-to-scotus-abortion-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was the result</a> of a Mississippi case called Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which dealt with Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. The decision also overturned another landmark abortion case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which in 1992 doubled down on the right to abortion access established by Roe v. Wade.
Abortion procedures differ depending on how far along the mother is in her pregnancy.
In the first trimester, a woman can often <a href="https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-services/obgyn/family-planning/patient-resources/medical-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">undergo</a> a medication abortion at home, which involves taking the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol to cause the uterus to shed its lining and start cramping and bleeding, expelling the baby.
For abortions later in the pregnancy, a surgical procedure called dilation and evacuation (D&amp;E) is often used, which involves dilating the cervix and using a suction tube and sometimes forceps to remove the baby and all other pregnancy-related tissue.
Pro-life doctors have condemned the D&amp;E procedure as brutal to the unborn child, and pro-life groups have worked for years to raise awareness about how the procedure actually works.
Dr. Anthony Levatino, a Las Cruces, New Mexico, obstetrician and gynecologist testified to House lawmakers in 2013 that the unborn baby is dismembered during a D&amp;E procedure.
“The toughest part of a D&amp;E abortion is extracting the baby’s head. The head of a baby that age is about the size of a large plum and is now free‐​floating inside the uterine cavity,&#8221; Levatino <a href="https://www.cato.org/commentary/certain-us-abortions-tear-fetus-apart-isis-style" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the House panel. &#8220;If you refuse to believe that this procedure inflicts severe pain on that unborn child, please think again.”
The Associated Press poll surveyed 1,220 people from June 22 to 26 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

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Less than 10% of students at Massachusetts&#8217; Phillips Academy Andover, one of America’s most prestigious private schools, identify as conservatives, the latest edition of an annual poll of the institution reveals.
The <a href="https://pdf.phillipian.net/2023/05122023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a>, titled “State of the Academy,” measured students&#8217; political demographics and beliefs. The academy has an <a href="https://collegegazette.com/phillips-academy-andover-acceptance-rate-tuition-ranking/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acceptance rate</a> of just 9%, the <a href="https://www.boardingschoolreview.com/top-twenty-schools-listing/largest-endowments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">largest</a> yearly endowment of any private boarding school at more than <a href="https://www.andover.edu/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.2 billion</a>, and a long list of powerful alumni. The anonymous survey achieved an 81% participation rate with the student body, with 931 respondents.
While just 8.6% of students self-identified as conservatives, 2.7% said they were libertarians, 38.9% said they were liberal, 6.1% said they were socialists, 1.9% said they were communists, and 13.3% said they were independents. The second largest group, behind liberals, were those who said they were “unsure” at 26.5%.
An overwhelming majority of conservatives at the school, 94.7%, said they engage in self-censorship. While 70.8% of Libertarians noted that they also self-censor, only 33.2% of liberals and 31.5% of socialists said the same.
When asked, “Have your political beliefs changed in the past year?” 62.7% said their beliefs stayed the same, while 19.8% said they moved to the left, and 17.5% said they moved to the right. The overwhelming majority of respondents, 88.6%, said that “there is a political leaning to the left on campus.”
The top five news sources for students were, in order, the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, and the BBC.
Students were also asked about specific social and political issues. One question read, “Do you think that people should have the right to have an abortion?” Of the respondents, only 1.9% of students said no, while 18.9% said: “Yes, only in some circumstances.” A staggering 79.2% of students responded, “Yes, always.” Men were less supportive of abortion, with 65.3% saying abortion should always be a right, compared to 88.4% of women.
The survey, which defined racism as “the systemic subordination of members of targeted racial groups who have relatively little social power,” found that just 34.4% of respondents believe that white people can experience racism. The figure was slightly higher for Asian and white respondents, who thought white people could experience racism 37.5% and 37.2% of the time, respectively. 
While 80.2% of students said they support affirmative action, 75.5% of Asians and 95.9% of black respondents said that they approve of such policies.
A whopping 91.1% of students said they support the Black Lives Matter movement, while just 8.9% said they did not. While 8.6% said that the current prison system in the United States should be abolished, 64% said that it should be reformed, though the poll does not specify which reforms they endorse. Similarly, 67.4% of students said the police system should be altered, though the survey does not discuss specific policy changes.
Almost three-quarters of respondents, 73.5%, said it should be easier to immigrate to the United States, while just 2.8% said it should be more difficult. 
While 92.7% of respondents believe gun laws should be stricter, just 14.2% of students said that someone in their household owns firearms.
The poll also asked students about their sexual and romantic orientations, finding that just 64.7% of students identify as heterosexual, while 5.2% said they were homosexual, 17.4% said they were bisexual, 7.9% identified as queer, and 5.2% said pansexual. Another 2.8% said they were asexual, 2.3% said they were demisexual, and 5.7% said they were questioning. 
While the results were not split by men and women, last year&#8217;s <a href="https://pdf.phillipian.net/2022/05202022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> found that 86.1% of men identified as heterosexual while just 60% of women identified as heterosexual, with 24.2% saying they were bisexual and 9.4% identifying as queer.
Though most students in the 2023 poll use “he/him/his” and “she/her/hers” pronouns, 5.7% identify with the pronouns “they/them/theirs,” and 0.4% identify with “ze/hir/hirs.” 
Phillips Academy Andover, <a href="https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ranked</a> the best private school in America by Niche, <a href="https://www.andover.edu/files/ADM/TuitionFees22-23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">costs</a> more than $66,000 a year for boarding students and over $51,000 for day students. 
The institution’s notable alums include both former Presidents <a href="https://www.andover.edu/news/2018/honoring-president-george-h-w-bush-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George H.W. Bush</a> and<a href="https://www.andover.edu/people/george-w-bush-64" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> George W. Bush</a>, CEO of Fox Corporation <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/meet-fox-ceo-lachlan-murdoch-192433135.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lachlan Murdoch</a>, actor <a href="https://www.andover.edu/people/humphrey-bogart-20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Humphrey Bogart</a>, venture capitalist and billionaire <a href="https://issuu.com/phillipsacademy/docs/andoverspring2013front/21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Draper</a>, <a href="https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/f13718efe07a69fcd2fd27a7eb4b7379/John-F-Kennedy-Jr-graduates-from-Phillips-Academy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John F. Kennedy Jr</a>., and current Federal Bureau of Investigation Director <a href="https://www.andover.edu/news/2020/7-questions-with-fbi-director-chris-wray-85" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Wray</a>, among many other powerful members of American society. 
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Students from Phillips Academy Andover’s class of 2022 went on to <a href="https://www.andover.edu/files/Profile20222023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attend</a> Harvard, Georgetown University, Yale, Brown, Columbia, the University of Chicago, Dartmouth, Princeton, Duke, Stanford, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among other high-ranking universities.
Phillips Academy Andover has an <a href="https://www.andover.edu/dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">extensive</a> diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative, which includes “restorative justice training for faculty,” the creation of an “anti-racism task force,” a &#8220;Native American land acknowledgment,&#8221; and the implementation of a  “bias reporting system.” The academy also has a gender studies program called the <a href="https://bracecenter.andover.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brace Center for Gender Studies</a>, which seeks to “advance the institutional efforts towards intersectional gender equity and inclusion.”
&#8220;Andover teaches students how to think critically about the world and the challenges they will encounter,&#8221; Chief Communications Officer Tracy Sweet told The Daily Wire. &#8220;We do not teach students what to think.&#8221;
The institution is affiliated with the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), which has pushed <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/16/exclusive-footage-private-schools-nation-wide-pushing-queer-inclusive-curriculum-trans-ideology-starting-in-pre-k/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender identity ideology</a> and <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/09/exclusive-footage-private-schools-nation-wide-implementing-race-essentialist-curricula-trained-by-black-panther/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critical race theory</a> at its conferences.

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Poll: Less Than 10% Of Students At America’s Top Private High School Identify As Conservative

Poll: Less Than 10% Of Students At America's Top Private High School Identify As Conservative

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A significant majority of Americans still believe that the American Dream is within reach, but doubt has grown among some demographics, a recent report from the Archbrige Institute found. 
While the <a href="https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-American-Dream-Snapshot_Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> of 2,100 Americans found that 75% of respondents believe the American Dream is within reach, it did find signs of increased doubt among young people and those with lower education and income levels.
“While belief in the American Dream remains strong overall, it is troubling that doubt has begun to creep in, especially among younger and less educated people,” said Gonzalo Schwarz, the president and CEO of the Archbridge Institute. 
While 18% of respondents said the American Dream was out of reach in 2022, the figure increased to 24% this year. 
In 2022, just 14% of those between the ages of 18 to 29 said they had fewer opportunities than their parents. But now the figure has increased by 11 percentage points, with 25% of people in the age cohort saying they have fewer opportunities than their parents. 
Meanwhile, 31% of those without a high school diploma, and those with a high school diploma but without any college education, believe that the American Dream is out of reach. Just 16% of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher believe it is unattainable. 
Only 11% of those who make $100,000 a year or more believe that the American Dream is lost, while 21% of those who make between $60,000 and $100,000 and 29% of those who make between $30,000 and $60,000 say the same. A full 38% of those who make less than $30,000 say that the American Dream is unachievable. 
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While 25% of black respondents and 28% of Hispanic respondents say that it is out of reach, a smaller margin of white respondents, 22%, agree. White respondents are more likely than black or Hispanic respondents to say they have fewer opportunities for success than their parents.
There are, however, differing views on what achievements constitute reaching the American Dream. While just 14% of respondents in 2023 said that becoming wealthy was essential to the American Dream, 28% said that making valuable contributions to your community was necessary. 
The vast majority of respondents, 82%, stated that “freedom of choice in how to live” was essential, while 79% said it is essential to have a good family life. Half of the respondents considered owning a home an essential part of the American Dream. Meanwhile, 68% said that retiring comfortably is an integral aspect.

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The number of Americans who show “extreme pride” in the United States is just one percent above the lowest number ever recorded, but Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to show patriotism, according to a recent Gallup <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/507980/extreme-pride-american-remains-near-record-low.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a>.
The survey found that just 39% of adults are “extremely proud” of being an American, up from 38% last year — a record low. Since 2017, the number of Americans showing high levels of patriotism in their county has been below 50%. Republicans are twice as likely to identify as extremely proud than Democrats. 
“Party identification remains the greatest demographic differentiator in expressions of national pride, and Republicans have been consistently more likely than Democrats and independents to express pride in being American throughout the trend,” Megan Brenan, research consultant at Gallup, said of the results. “That gap has been particularly pronounced since 2018, with more than twice as many Republicans as Democrats saying they are extremely proud.”
The poll, conducted between June 1-22, shows a strong partisan divide in levels of patriotism. Sixty percent of Republicans, up from 58% last year, say they are “extremely proud” to be an American. For Democrats, that number is just 29%, up from 26% last year, while 33% of independents feel the same. 
Though the number of those who show extreme pride seems low, combined with those that are “very proud” to be Americans, the number is 67% — up from 65% last year. 
“In terms of the combined percentages saying they are extremely or very proud, roughly nine in 10 Americans expressed high levels of pride in the earliest years of the trend, through 2004,” Brenan says. “In 2005, that figure began falling into the 80% range, before dropping to 75% in 2017 and staying below 70% since 2020.&#8221;
In 2001, the first year Gallup asked the question, the number of Americans extremely proud of their country was 55%, and 87% combined with those who were very proud. Gallup notes that after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, levels of patriotism “intensified,” with 65-70% of Americans identifying as extremely proud.
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According to the poll, 4% of Americans are “not at all proud” to be an American, while 7% are “only a little proud,” 22% are “moderately proud,” and 28% are “very proud.” 
The results also have a distinct age gap, with older people much more likely to show high levels of patriotism. While 42% of Republicans aged 18-34 are extremely proud of their country, that number is 64% for the 35-54 age group and 68% for the 55+ age group. Just 38% of Democrats aged 55-plus are extremely proud to be American, the poll found. For Democrats 18-34, that number is a mere 12%. 
“Although the percentage of U.S. adults who say they are extremely proud to be American remains near the record low, together with the share who are very proud, about two-thirds express national pride,” Brenan concluded.

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A majority of registered voters believe that the indictment of former President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents is politically motivated, a recent <a href="https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/HHP_June2023_KeyResults.pdf">Harvard-Harris poll</a> found. 
The poll, which surveyed 2,090 registered voters from June 14th to 15th, asked respondents, “Do you think Trump&#8217;s indictment over the handling of classified documents is a valid indictment, or is it politically motivated?” While 45% said it was valid, 55% believed it was politically motivated.
44% of voters stated that the indictment is a “fair application of the law,” while 56% believe it is a form of “interference by the Department of Justice in the 2024 elections.” A majority of respondents, 58%, said that federal prosecutors either have a “very strong” or a “somewhat strong” case against Trump.
When asked whether the indictment would hurt or help Trump’s political chances, voters were nearly split. While 51% said that the indictment is a reason for him to withdraw from the presidential race, 49% said Trump should keep campaigning.
A full 72% of respondents stated that Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information, while 69% said that she obstructed justice by destroying her emails. Meanwhile, 65% of respondents stated that President Joe Biden mishandled classified information after documents were found in his home and office. 
A slim majority, 53%, contended that “indicting a former president for taking classified documents after leaving office, something done by Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and other senior officials,” is a form of “selective prosecution.”
In addition, 57% of respondents to the Harvard-Harris poll believe that Trump will be acquitted, and 53% say the next president should pardon Trump if he is convicted and sentenced to prison.
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An overwhelming majority of respondents, 83%, say they want increased transparency from the FBI and the Department of Justice over allegations that Biden took a $5 million bribe when he was the Vice President, while 55% believe that the FBI is &#8220;not really investigating&#8221; those accusations.

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