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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