A new Ipsos KnowledgePanel survey offers an in-depth analysis of democratic perceptions in 9 Western countries, highlighting dissatisfaction with democracy and deep worries about its future.
Only 83 days until Election Day! It has been a rough couple of weeks for Trump and a correspondingly good few for Clinton. She leads Trump by an average of about 8 points, looking across all the polls.
Millennials overwhelmingly support Clinton over Trump (50% vs. 18%) according to Ipsos’ quarterly “Millennials” survey carried out for USA Today and Rock the Vote.
“Trump may be showing the limits of the axiom ‘all press is good press’,” said Chris Jackson, VP at Ipsos. “While Donald Trump is dominating the media cycle, it is not helping his standing in our polls. With the public viewing Trump as unfavorably as ever (while Clinton enjoys a moment of relative positive regard), the Republican nominee has lost ground to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Early in June, Ipsos presented at a seminar in Paris looking ahead to the forthcoming elections in the United States and France. The event, hosted by the US Embassy, saw Brice Teinturier (Ipsos Public Affairs, France) and Clifford Young (Ipsos Public Affairs, USA) describe the prevailing mood in their respective countries and what this means for the political scene.
A week after the Democratic National Convention – with a good amount of drama in the interim days – finds Clinton leading Trump by four points among Likely Voters, a one-point drop from last week. We’re likely to see Clinton’s “convention bump” recede a bit in the coming days, although the internal wrangling going on within the Republican Party could mean her bump sustains longer than normal.
Ipsos in South Africa again delivered a very close forecast on the final local election results. At its latest release of its poll findings (released Monday 1 August), Ipsos suggested that the ANC would garner 54% of the votes, the DA 26% and the EFF 8%.
