JUNE HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: MAJORITY THINK CASE AGAINST TRUMP IS STRONG BUT INDICTMENT HAS NOT AFFECTED HIS SUPPORT
AMERICANS OPPOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATES
President Joe Biden's approval rating remains at
"Americans remain politically split 50-50 but just about
AMERICANS THINK THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP IS STRONG BUT WANT A PARDON
58% of Americans think the case against Trump is strong, including85% of Democrats,60% of Independents, and30% of Republicans.- Voters are split 51-49, down party lines, on whether Trump's indictment is reason to withdraw from the 2024 race.
- If Trump is convicted,
53% of voters – driven by80% of Republicans – support pardoning him in the interest of national unity.
MORE VOTERS PREFER TO LIVE IN A STATE WITH A REPUBLICAN-LEANING SLATE OF POLICIES
64% of voters say they would want to live in a state that cuts taxes, encourages public charter schools, does not allow gender surgery for minors, and restricts most abortions after six weeks.- By contrast
66% of voters – including a majority of all parties – say they would not want to live in a state that has increasing taxes, restricts legal gun ownership more strictly, allows abortion up to 9 months, allows minors to get gender surgery without parental permission, encourages undocumented immigrants, and allows felons to vote.
TRUMP AND BIDEN STRENGTHEN THEIR 2024 POSITIONS
- Even after the indictment,
59% of Republicans would choose Trump in a GOP primary and he would beat Biden in a general election 45-39 (one point closer than last month). - Biden has strengthened his position with
62% support among Democratic voters in a primary – but Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is in second at15% and his personal favorability rating is 21 points above water.
AMERICANS OPPOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATES
- Americans are split 50-50 on supporting the
tax credit subsidy for an EV purchase.$7,500 59% of voters oppose government regulations that would require at least half of all cars sold in theU.S. by 2030 to be electric.- Americans still like gas cars:
64% think they are better vehicles than EVs. - Voters are split on the net climate effect of EVs: Half of Americans, including most Republicans and Independents, think EVs produce just as much pollution through the car battery mining and production process.
AMERICANS SATISFIED WITH SCHOOLS BUT WANT STRONGER PARENTAL RIGHTS
74% of parents with school-aged children, including majorities of all parties, think schools are respecting their rights as parents.77% of voters oppose a law in their state that would allow minors to get gender-changing surgery and puberty blockers without parental permission, including66% of Democrats and87% of Republicans.
The June Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll survey was conducted online within
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