Where Republican candidates align with most Americans — and where they don't

NPR/PBS - Most Republicans presidential candidates are largely aligned with a majority of poll respondents when it comes to believing gender is determined at birth (59%), that abortion should be decided by the states (54%) and that a border wall should continue being built (54%). But those who hold the following positions are more out of step with most Americans:

• that birthright citizenship for children of immigrants in the U.S. illegally should end (63% in the poll said it should continue); 
• wanting cuts to Social Security and Medicare to address the national debt (62% said don't do it); 
• that the U.S. should stop trading with China (61% said it should not); 
• and if they believe abortion should be banned after 6 weeks (just 39% of respondents believe that).

There are closer splits among poll respondents on whether Palestinian refugees should not be allowed in the country (50% said they should not be allowed), as some candidates have suggested, and if subsidies for electric vehicles are a good idea (50% said it's government overreach).The country is even more evenly divided on whether they approve of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden (49% said yes, 48% said no) and on funding the wars in Ukraine and Israel.