Democracy tops list of issues for US voters

Exit polls 2024: Fears for American democracy, economic discontent drive voters
Broad economic discontent, sharp divisions about the nation's future and polarized views of the major-party candidates mark voter attitudes nationally in ABC News preliminary exit poll results of the 2024 election.
Democracy tops list of issues for US voters, followed by economy — exit poll
According to data from NBC, 35% of voters named democracy as their top issue, with 31% citing the economy. Other key issues include abortion (14%) and immigration (11%), while foreign policy garnered only 4% of concern, even amid ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
In Ballot Issues, Voting and Democracy Are Having a Moment
Residents in almost 20 states will decide on issues about gerrymanders, election rules and other voting issues.
US exit polls show democracy and the economy are the top issues in the election
US exit polls show state of the democracy and the economy are the most important issues. Also Israel's Prime Minister fires his Defence Secretary and a piece of 77 year-old cake goes for a princely sum.
LIVE
Economy ranks as No. 2 issue for voters, initial exit polls say
While Americans remain frustrated about elevated prices due to inflation, the economy didn’t actually rank as the No. 1 issue for voters overall, according to preliminary exit polls. The polls, done by Edison Research for a group of media companies,
US election 2024 live: democracy and state of the economy top issues on voters’ minds, exit poll suggests
Preliminary results show third of voters concerned about democracy with another third picking the economy as top issue, according to media reports
Exit polls: US voters name democracy and economy as top issues
Democracy and the economy were the most important issues for voters in the US elections this year, early results from exit polls suggest. More than a third of people identified democracy as their top concern,
The Associated Press on MSN8h
AP VoteCast: Harris voters motivated by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration
AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 115,000 voters nationwide, found that the fate of democracy appeared to be a ...
WDET9h
Created Equal: Is America’s democracy on the ballot?
Award-winning journalist Des Cooper and NYT columnist Bret Stephens join the show to discuss what’s at stake in this ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch1d
Editorial: The real test for democracy will be in how the losing side reacts
This divided nation can’t agree on much these days, but it’s time to agree that this corrosive and utterly unjustified ...
PBS7h
Why democracy is so important to women
Former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, co-chair of the Kamala Harris campaign, told PBS News that she believes reproductive ...
With election anxieties high, a lesson in accepting defeat offers hope for future of democracy
More than half fear it will spell the end of our democracy. While there may not be a cure for our national angst, there is ...
After Election Day, democracy will depend on all of us
When we dare to listen to people who disagree with us, it can be strangely nourishing: an antidote to despair, malaise, and ...
Foreign Affairs1d
The Self-Defense of American Democracy
Some have argued that this variation and decentralization could, in the event of another contested result, pose a danger to ...
Opinion: Yes, the stakes are high. But our democracy will survive this election.
Call me a dreamer, but I’m not too worried about the future of our democracy regardless of whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the presidential election Tuesday. I have no doubt there will be ...
Column: American democracy is at stake. So is the planet’s climate
“There is, even now, something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; ...