70 percent of voters have decided who they will support in November: survey

More than 7 in 10 voters have already decided who they will vote for in November’s presidential elections, according to a new survey.

The Harvard CAPS/Harris survey released on Monday showed that 72% of respondents said they had already made up their mind, while 28% said they were still evaluating their choices. That’s a slight change from a May iteration of the survey, which found 69% said they had decided.

Polls found that voters who favor Trump were more likely to confidently decide who they would support, with 76% of them saying they have already made up their minds, compared to 68% of Biden supporters. That could provide additional comfort to Trump, who leads Biden head-to-head in the poll by 6 points, 47 percent support versus 41 percent, with 8 percent undecided.

Biden’s campaign is trying to limit the damage that followed last week’s presidential debate, where Biden’s performance was widely seen as underwhelming, if not disqualifying. At times, he stumbled over his words and struggled to make clear statements on policy issues in response to moderators’ questions.

The researchers found that among those who watched or heard about the debate, a slightly higher 75 percent said they have already decided who they will vote for. A plurality of respondents, 43 percent, said they watched the entire debate, while 28 percent said they saw part of it or watched clips online and 16 percent said they read or heard commentary about it.

Republicans were most likely to have watched all or part of the film, at 80 percent, followed by Democrats, at 70 percent, and independents, at 62 percent.

Trump’s advantage among voters who have already made up their minds aligns with the partisan divide on the same issue. Republican respondents were more likely to say in the survey that they have made up their mind, at 84%, compared to Democratic respondents, at 72%.

Independents were more divided, with 58% saying they had already decided and 42% still considering their choices.

The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll was conducted June 28-30 and surveyed 2,090 registered voters. It is a collaboration of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and the Harris Poll.

The survey is an online sample drawn from the Harris Panel and weighted to reflect known demographics. Being a representative online sample, it does not report a probability confidence interval.

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