Most Americans feel many emotions leading up to Election Day, but excitement is not one of them.
A new poll from the AP-NORC Public Affairs Research Center finds that about 7 in 10 Americans say they are anxious or frustrated about the 2024 presidential campaign, and a similar percentage say they are interested.
Only about a third say they feel excited.
In the final week of the campaign, uncertainty looms over the 2024 presidential race. Recent polls show the race is competitive nationally and in key states, with neither Democrat Kamala Harris nor Republican Donald Trump showing a measurable lead. At the same time, the candidates have offered closing arguments that contrast sharply with each other: Harris maintains that Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal needs, while Trump referred to Harris at a rally Sunday night as “a mess.” that has destroyed everything in its path.
Some groups are even more anxious than they were four years ago, even though that election was held in the midst of a deadly pandemic. In 2020, an AP-NORC poll found that about two-thirds of Americans were anxious about the election, which is not statistically significant from the new result. But for party supporters, anxiety is a little higher. About 8 in 10 Democrats say anxiety describes how they feel now, a slight increase from three-quarters in the last election. About two-thirds of Republicans are anxious, a moderate increase from 6 in 10 in 2020.
Independents, on the other hand, have not changed significantly and also feel less worried than Democrats or Republicans. About half say they are anxious, similar to what happened in 2020.
Other emotions have become more intense compared to previous election cycles, including excitement. About a third of Americans say they are excited about the 2024 campaign, up from about a quarter in 2016. But most Americans say they are not excited about this year’s race.
One thing, however, has remained fairly constant: Americans’ level of frustration with the campaign. About 7 in 10 Americans say frustration describes their emotional state, similar to what happened in 2020.
For those Americans, though, there is a light on the horizon: Soon, the election will be over.
#Americans #anxious #frustrated #presidential #campaign #APNORC #poll #Diario #Página
