The best antidote for hot takes is hard data, and the latest Daily Kos/Civiqs poll is here with your cure. This survey of 1,248 registered voters was conducted online from April 23-26 and reveals that 67% of Democrats in the 18-34 age cohort believe that President Joe Biden has failed to deliver on a lot of the promises he made during his campaign. Democrats aged 18-34 also thought Biden was going to do more to help people like them (62%). In contrast, only 9% of older Democrats aged 65+ feel that Biden has not delivered on his campaign promises.
The poll also reinforced that Americans’ views on transgender rights and related issues are sharply divided along party lines. A whopping 83% of Democrats understand that trans people face discrimination; a mere 5% of Republicans think they do. When it comes to anti-transgender laws being passed at the state level, the divide is similarly stark: 82% of Democrats believe that measures preventing transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care are hurting these kids, versus a scant 14% of Republicans.
Other noteworthy findings in this month’s poll include:
- Mandating mask-wearing on public transportation is an extremely partisan issue: 84% of Democrats support it (60% strongly, 24% somewhat), while just 7% of Republicans do (3% strongly, 4% somewhat).
- Anti-LGBTQ book censorship is similarly partisan: 83% of Democrats believe that their local classrooms and libraries should contain books with characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender; 11% of Republicans believe this.
Additional issues surveyed include Biden’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, cryptocurrency, and viewership of Fox News, Newsmax, One America News Network, and MSNBC.
This poll’s results highlight younger Democrats’ acute disappointment in the as-yet-unfulfilled promises made by Biden on the campaign trail.
This month’s survey also provides strong evidence that frequent Fox News viewers are deeply disconnected from mainstream Americans. Despite the fact that just 41% of Americans believe that trans people want ‘special treatment,’ fully 76% of frequent Fox viewers believe this lie.
Civiqs is an award-winning survey research firm that conducts scientific public opinion polls on the internet through its nationally representative online survey panel. Founded in 2013, Civiqs specializes in political and public policy polling. Results from Civiqs’ daily tracking polls can be found online at civiqs.com.
