Current:Home > FinanceCBS News poll finds Republican voters want to hear about lowering inflation, not abortion or Trump -TradeWise
CBS News poll finds Republican voters want to hear about lowering inflation, not abortion or Trump
View
Date:2025-04-13 21:23:36
What do Republican primary voters want to hear the candidates talk about ahead of tonight's presidential primary debate? It isn't abortion. Passing a national abortion ban is far down on a list of topics and issues. Instead, inflation is top of mind, followed by stopping illegal immigration and the teaching of "woke" ideas in schools.
Though most Republican primary voters think abortion should be illegal in most cases, less than half approve of a national ban. More broadly, just a quarter of Republican primary voters think their party needs policies that will restrict abortion access further, and just as many think the Republican Party has already gone too far.
What they also don't want to hear about is Donald Trump, the Republican front runner who won't be attending tonight's debate. Few Republican primary voters think it's important to hear the candidates talk about how loyal they are to him, and even fewer — just 14% — think it's important to hear about their criticisms of him — and this is true even among voters who are currently supporting candidates other than Donald Trump.
Most do want to hear about support for U.S. aid to Israel, a stance that is widely popular among the Republican base. Republican primary voters overwhelmingly want a nominee who supports U.S. aid to Israel in its fight against Hamas. This stands in marked contrast with support for Ukraine against Russia, an issue which divides the Republican base nearly in half.
This CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,185 U.S. adult residents interviewed between October 31-November 3, 2023, including 556 likely Republican primary voters. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, and education based on the U.S. Census American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, as well as past vote. The margin of error is ±2.7 points for the sample overall and ±5.5 points for likely Republican primary voters.
Toplines:
- In:
- Republican Debate
- Debate
- Opinion Poll
- Donald Trump
- Abortion
veryGood! (1448)
Related
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing
- Author Fatimah Asghar is the first winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
- Outer Banks' Madelyn Cline Shares What It Was Like Working With Chase Stokes After Breakup
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- See Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy Meet Jenna Johnson and Val's Baby for the First Time
- Gabrielle Dennis on working at Six Flags and giving audiences existential crises
- Stories in 'Sidle Creek' offer an insider look at Appalachia
- Working Well: When holidays present rude customers, taking breaks and the high road preserve peace
- Why Selena Gomez Initially Deleted This Sexy Photo of Herself
Ranking
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- Soccer Star Alex Morgan Deserves Another Gold Medal for Her Latest History-Making Milestone
- In a Sheep to Shawl competition, you have 5 people, 1 sheep, and 3 hours — good luck!
- PEN America gala honors Salman Rushdie, his first in-person appearance since stabbing
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel
- Brooklyn Peltz Beckham Debuts Massive Tattoo Portrait of Wife Nicola Peltz Beckham
- Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel, too
Recommendation
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
Flash Deal: Save $612 on the Aeropilates Reformer Machine
'Some Like It Hot' leads with 13 Tony Award nominations
Model's ex-husband and in-laws charged after Hong Kong police find her body parts in refrigerator
Travis Hunter, the 2
Your Favorite Clothing Brand Has the Cutest Affordable Home Goods for Spring
U.S.-Italian national Elly Schlein, who campaigned for Obama, becomes 1st woman to lead Italy's Democratic Party
Amid anti-trans bills targeting youth, Dwyane Wade takes a stand for his daughter