Miami Herald: Yet new polling suggests that most remain confident in their decisions, with very few saying they would do things differently today.
That said, some noticeable differences emerged between those who voted for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
2024 election regrets?
In the latest UMass Amherst survey, 78% of Harris voters said they felt “very confident” they made the right choice, while 69% of Trump voters said the same.
Meanwhile, 9% of Harris voters said they remain confident in their vote, though they “have some concerns,” while 19% of Trump voters said the same.
Smaller shares said they had mixed feelings or regrets – 3% of Harris voters vs. 8% of Trump voters.
Additionally, 9% of Harris voters said they wished they had not voted, while 3% of Trump voters said the same.
Conducted July 25-30, the survey sampled 1,000 U.S. respondents and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
Would voters do things differently?
Respondents were also asked: “If you could go back and make your decision about the 2024 election over again, how would you vote?”
Here, again, very few voters indicated they would do things differently if given the chance.
Among Harris voters, 92% said they would once again cast their ballot for the former vice president. Just 2% said they would vote for Trump, while 3% said they’d vote for a third party and 3% said they’d opt out of voting altogether.
And among Trump voters, a slightly smaller share, 86%, said they would still vote for the president. Six percent said they’d vote for Harris, while 5% said they’d cast their ballot for a third party candidate. Three percent said they would not vote.
“These results indicate that the number of regretful voters covered in the mainstream press may be overblown, as the overwhelming majority of Trump voters remain in the president’s camp,” Tatishe Nteta, a political science professor and director of the UMass poll, said in a news release.
“There is clearly more erosion in support among Trump voters than among Harris voters…” Alexander Theodoridis, associate professor of political science and co-director of the poll, said in the release.
