U.S. Politics
2024 U.S. Election Watch Report | August 2024
Report summary
The 2024 U.S. elections are shaping up to be another monumental moment in America’s modern history, and Morning Consult’s high-frequency tracking capabilities will provide political observers with an essential source of public opinion data to help them keep a finger on the pulse of the nation.
On a daily and weekly basis, Morning Consult Political Intelligence surveys thousands of registered U.S. voters on how they view their politicians at the national and state level and whom they currently plan to vote for. We also track the issues voters consider most important when making their decisions at the ballot box, whom they trust most to handle those issues and the extent to which media coverage of those issues is reaching them.
Each month, the 2024 U.S. Election Watch report will provide a comprehensive look at what the U.S. electorate thinks about the major issues and personalities around this year’s contests, including the general election matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, and how potential shifts in issue importance may favor either party in November.
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Methodology
All data presented in this report reflects views among registered voters gathered via Morning Consult’s daily U.S. tracking survey or in weekly interviews from a nationally representative survey on the 2024 U.S. elections through Aug. 18, 2024.
Consult our 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Methodology primer for additional details on both Morning Consult data sources, including sampling and data collection procedures, weighting and representativeness, margins of error, and question wording.
About the author
Cameron Easley is Morning Consult’s head of U.S. Political Analysis. He has led Morning Consult's coverage of U.S. politics and elections since 2016, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Politico, Axios, FiveThirtyEight and on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Cameron joined Morning Consult from Roll Call, where he was managing editor. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Follow him on Twitter @cameron_easley. Interested in connecting with Cameron to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email [email protected].
