Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, but the future of democracy was also a leading motivator.Election day worker Sean Vander Waal prepares to open a polling place,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich.
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.But when asked what most influenced their vote, about half of voters identified the future of democracy as the single most important factor.
Trump said tariffs on rivals and allies alike — as well as greater oil production — would pump up the economy, while Harris said his tariffs would worsen inflation. She maintained that tax breaks for parents and assistance for new homebuyers as well as start-up company founders would be more helpful.What unified the country was a sense that the status quo hasn’t been working.
Almost 6 in 10 voters said their personal finances were holding steady. But about 3 in 10 described themselves as “falling behind,” a higher share than in 2020.Harris’ time as Biden’s vice president and quick ascendance to the Democratic nomination left about one-quarter of voters seeing her as untested – a characterization that Trump doesn’t face so substantially after having been commander-in-chief from 2017 to 2021.
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