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From 17% to 51%
A new YouGov poll founds just before President Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid, just 17% of Democrats said they felt optimistic about this year’s Democratic nomination process. After Biden stepped aside, 51% did, a 34-percentage-point increase in the span of just a few days. The shares saying they felt several other positive emotions also increased: excited (+26), confident (+16), inspired (+16), or satisfied (+12).
14%
Polymarket has a line on whether JD Vance is dumped from the Trump ticket.
0%
Percentage of African-American voters in Michigan who say they support Trump for president in new WDIV Local-Detroit News poll. The New Republic suggests a reason for the cratering of support for Trump: “In June, Trump held a campaign event at a Black church in Detroit that revealed itself to be a blatant stunt. The campaign boasted 8,000 attendees in a space that could only seat a few hundred. At the event, which was meant to shore up his support among Black voters, roughly half of the attendees were white.”
2.8%
“Economic activity in the U.S. was considerably stronger than expected during the second quarter,” CNBC reports. “Real gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced during the April-through-June period, increased at a 2.8% annualized pace adjusted for seasonality and inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for growth of 2.1% following a 1.4% increase in the first quarter.”
-6 points
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is making history as the least liked vice presidential nominee since 1980 following his party’s nominating convention, CNN reports. He’s also the first to have a net negative favorable rating.
57%
A new AP-NORC poll shows 57% of Americans want Trump to drop out of the race: 51% of Independents, 86% of Democrats, and 26% of Republicans. The survey also showed that just 21% of Americans believe Trump is honest.
$81 million
Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party’s donors — big and small — open their wallets for the vice president in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to step aside, reported the Associated Press. In total, Harris’ team raised more than $81 million in the 24-hour period since Biden’s announcement, campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said Monday.
28,000
“The Biden campaign said that more than 28,000 people signed up to volunteer for the first time after President Biden dropped out and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris,” the New York Times reports.
$46.7 million
ABC News: “Barely two hours after announcing it had raised $27.5 million following President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race and endorsement of Kamala Harris for president, ActBlue says it has now processed $46.7 million in donations.”
18.1 million
Despite Donald Trump’s dramatic appearance days after an assassination attempt, the opening night of the Republican National Convention drew in five million fewer viewers than the first night of the convention back in 2016 – when he became the party’s presidential candidate for the first time. According to Nielsen, Monday night’s coverage of the event in Milwaukee drew 18.1 million viewers across 12 broadcasters and cable networks, down from 23 million viewers across seven networks in 2016, reported The Independent.
