MARCH HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: VOTERS ACROSS PARTY LINES SUPPORT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS ON BANKS BUT DON'T FEEL PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY BANKING CRISIS
The March Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll reveals political trends as President Biden's approval remains at 43%, while Congress sees a rise to 40%. Despite concerns about inflation, 71% of Americans feel the recent banking crisis will have little impact on their lives. Most voters (67%) support the government's interventions in guaranteeing deposits. On the political front, Trump and Biden are consolidating support, with Trump at 50% and Biden at 41% in hypothetical primaries. Public sentiment shows a significant concern about China, with 75% viewing it as an enemy. The poll highlights mixed feelings about TikTok and dissatisfaction with government responses to domestic crises.
- 67% of voters support government intervention in guaranteeing bank deposits.
- 77% believe all deposits at US banks should be fully insured.
- Biden and Trump have consolidated support ahead of primary elections.
- 61% of voters think Biden should have responded faster to the Ohio train derailment.
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's handling of the incident is viewed poorly by 61%.
BIDEN AND TRUMP SOLIDIFY SUPPORT AMONG PARTY BASES
AMERICANS ARE UNITED IN THEIR CONCERN ABOUT
President
"Public opinion is settling in as both Trump and Biden consolidate partisan support and start to make comebacks that seemed so unlikely at the end of last year," said
VOTERS APPROVE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S BANK INTERVENTIONS BUT ARE NOT PERSONALLY CONCERNED ABOUT BANKING CRISIS
67% of voters agree with the Biden administration's decision to step in and guarantee all customer deposits fromSilicon Valley Bank and other failed banks.- Furthermore,
77% of voters think the government should fully insure deposits at all US banks, not only systematically important firms. - Americans aren't worried about the banking crisis reaching them:
71% think the bank failures will impact them not at all or only a little bit.67% think the deposits in their own banks are safe. - Americans care more about inflation than the banking crisis:
54% of voters believe theFederal Reserve should prioritize fighting inflation even if it means allowing banks to fail and could lead to a financial crisis in the short term.
AMERICANS AGREE TRUMP INDICTMENT LOOKS POLITICAL BUT SUPPORT OR OPPOSE IT ALONG PARTY LINES
- Voters are split evenly along party lines on whether they think the Manhattan DA should indict Trump.
- But
59% think the indictment is politically motivated, and67% think the Trump payment in question was a personal, not a campaign, payment. 61% of voters, including half ofRepublicans , agree that Trump's calls for protests in case he is arrested were irresponsible.
AMERICANS ARE UNITED IN THEIR CONCERN ABOUT
75% of voters seeChina as an enemy of the US, and80% think it seeks to replace the US as the key player in global affairs.55% of voters think Biden's foreign policy is too weak onChina .- Voters support banning
TikTok on government devices (75% ) but are split on how to handleTikTok for the public:45% support a full ban in the US, while46% support allowing the app with conditions such as forcing it to undergo regular security reviews or forcing its Chinese owners to sell their stakes. 56% of voters think there is a high or very high likelihoodChina invadesTaiwan in the next 5 years.
TRUMP AND BIDEN SOLIDIFY THEIR SUPPORT AHEAD OF PRIMARY SEASON BUT TRUMP HAS A CLEAR CHALLENGER
- Biden rose 5 points to
41% support in a hypothetical Democratic primary, while Trump rose 4 points to50% support in a hypothetical Republican primary. - A Biden-Trump rematch now looks probable:
57% of Republican and Independent voters think Trump will win the Republican primary, while60% of Democratic and Independent voters think Biden will win the Democratic primary. - But Trump has a clear challenger while Biden does not:
Ron DeSantis trails Trump in a head-to-head primary matchup by 12 points but his favorability-unfavorability gap is 15 points more positive than Trump's.
VOTERS WANTED BETTER FROM BIDEN AND BUTTIGIEG ON
61% of voters think Biden should have visitedEast Palestine , the site of the derailment, right away.- Transportation Secretary
Pete Buttigieg's reputation has suffered:61% of voters consider his handling of the incident poor or fair.
The March Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll survey was conducted online within
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