Toplines - American Thinker September 2024 - North Carolina
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Survey of 1,078 North
Carolina Likely Voters
Conducted September
19-22, 2024
By Rasmussen Reports
and American Thinker
1* When thinking about the elections for President and US
Senate, which of these is the most important to you?
2% Not sure
7% Violent crime
17% Border security
42% Economy
5% Climate change
12% Abortion
3% Global
conflicts and war
3% Education
5% Government
corruption
3% Other
2* Which issue is the most important one for the next
president to solve, abortion rights, illegal immigration, rising prices, or
protecting our democracy?
17% Abortion rights
31% Illegal immigration
31% Rising prices
20% Protecting our democracy
2% Not sure
3* If the elections for Congress were held today, would
you vote for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate?
45% Democrat
50% Republican
2% Other
4% Not sure
4* If the 2024 Presidential election were held today, and
the candidates were Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald
Trump, who would you vote for?
47% Harris
50% Trump
2% Other
2% Not sure
5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Kamala Harris?
33% Very favorable
18% Somewhat favorable
8% Somewhat
unfavorable
40% Very unfavorable
2% Not sure
6* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Donald Trump?
33% Very favorable
18% Somewhat favorable
7% Somewhat
unfavorable
40% Very unfavorable
2% Not sure
7* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of the Democrat Party?
24% Very favorable
21% Somewhat favorable
12% Somewhat unfavorable
39% Very unfavorable
3% Not sure
8* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of the Republican Party?
24% Very favorable
26% Somewhat favorable
14% Somewhat unfavorable
33% Very unfavorable
3% Not sure
9* Which of the two candidates in your view has a better
character, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?
47% Harris
46% Trump
6% Not sure
10* Which of the two candidates poses a greater threat to
Democracy, Kamala Harris and the Democrats, or Donald Trump and the
Republicans?
53% Harris and Democrats
43% Trump and Republicans
5% Not sure
11* From which political party is the biggest threat of
dictatorship or tyranny coming from, the Democrats or the Republicans?
48% Democrats
46% Republicans
6% Not sure
12* Are you better off than you were four years ago?
32% Yes
58% No
9% Not sure
13* Will today’s children be better off than their
parents?
22% Yes
54% No
24% Not sure
14* Is America safer than it was four years ago?
22% Yes
66% No
12% Not sure
15* Who is the biggest enemy America currently faces,
Iran, China, Russia, the Democrat party, the Republican party, or domestic
extremists?
4% Iran
23% China
13% Russia
25% Democrat Party
16% Republican Party
12% Domestic Extremists
8% Not sure
16* Which candidate do you trust most to deal with
powerful foreign nations like China, Russia and Iran?
42% Harris
53% Trump
5% Not sure
17* If given a choice between two candidates, one of whom
favored granting amnesty to all illegal aliens and one of whom favored
deporting all illegal aliens, which candidate would you vote for?
29% Amnesty candidate
49% Deportation candidate
22% Not sure
18* On the question of illegal immigration, is the
government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and
visitor overstays? Or is the level of action about right?
11% Too much
62% Too little
16% It is about right
10% Not sure
19* Who do you trust more to secure the southern border?
38% Harris
55% Trump
7% Not sure
20* Recent federal policies have added about one million new permanent
immigrants to the United States each year. Which is closest to the number of
new immigrants the government should be adding each year?
26% Zero
28% 500,000
16% 1,000,000
5% 1,500,000
4% 2,000,000
20% Not sure
21* Which candidate do you trust most to improve America’s
economic situation?
44% Harris
51% Trump
5% Not sure
22* Do President Joe Biden’s economic policies, Bidenomics, make you more likely or less likely to support
Kamala Harris, or do they not make much difference?
27% More likely
42% Less likely
25% No difference
5% Not sure
23* Which is more important for the next few years,
bringing down energy prices, or bringing down carbon dioxide emissions?
64% Energy prices
28% Carbon emissions
8% Not sure
24* Which candidate do you trust most to handle America’s
energy Policy?
45% Harris
50% Trump
5% Not sure
25* When considering gender and sexual identity issues,
which candidate’s values are closer to your own?
43% Harris
48% Trump
8% Not sure
26* Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There
are only two genders?
63% Strongly agree
13% Somewhat agree
9% Somewhat
disagree
9% Strongly
disagree
6% Not sure
27* Do you support or oppose gender transition therapy for
minors, to include hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment surgery?
11% Strongly agree
16% Somewhat agree
12% Somewhat disagree
50% Strongly disagree
10% Not sure
28* Who do you trust more for your political news? Major cable news channels, network TV news,
or independent online sources?
26% Major cable news channel
26% Network TV News
28% Independent online sources
10% Some other news sources
10% Not sure
29* Which cable TV news channel would you be most likely
to trust? CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, or
Newsmax?
24% CNN
13% MSNBC
34% Fox News
12% Newsmax
13% None of them
4% Not sure
30* Who did you vote for in the 2020 Presidential
Election? President Joe Biden or Former President Donald Trump?
46% Biden
48% Trump
6% Other
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage
points with a 95% level of confidence