Key issues in the US presidential election.
The 2024 US presidential election will be held in November of this year in a situation where the 4-year presidency of “Joe Biden” has faced many events in the field of foreign policy, including the war in Ukraine and the war in Gaza. In domestic politics, issues such as preserving democracy, fighting inflation, and immigration are considered the most challenging issues.
The most likely competitor for Joe Biden is Donald Trump. Although the intra-party stage of the election has not yet been completed, Trump’s performance in the two states where voting was conducted, as well as polls, indicate that he does not have much of a problem being nominated by the Republican Party.
The results of the polls show that Biden and Trump will have a close fight in a possible competition in November. In the most recent poll conducted by NPR/PBS, 48% of voters preferred Biden and 47% preferred Trump.
This poll also showed that if Trump is found guilty of the charges brought against him, Biden will lead with 51 percent against Trump (45 percent). Nearly a tenth of Republican voters (9 percent) said they would vote for Biden if Trump were convicted.
Preserving democracy (29 percent), inflation (24 percent), and immigration (22 percent) are the most important issues that come to mind more than any other issue when thinking about this November’s elections.
Of course, these statistics are slightly different for Republican and Democratic voters. For example, Democratic voters have considered the preservation of democracy as their priority, and after that, they have pointed to the issue of inflation. On the other hand, Republican voters (44%) consider immigration to be their priority, and for them, inflation is the second priority.
Below are the comments of the participants in this survey about some issues. All these statistics are adapted from the NPR/PBS poll.
Migration
One of the characteristics of Joe Biden’s presidency has been the tensions between the Republicans and his government over the issue of immigrants entering the United States. Republican politicians want to install fences to prevent immigrants from entering the US from the southern border, while Democrats oppose such plans.
In this survey, 41 percent of participants said that increasing security at the Mexico-US border to prevent illegal immigration should be the top priority in US immigration policies.