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The US election is monumental for science, say Nature readers — here’s why

Poll finds researchers around the world are most worried about climate change and security issues.
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  1. Jeff Tollefson

The US presidential election has divided a nation, but scientists seem to be on the same page. Researchers inside and outside the United States overwhelmingly favour the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, according to roughly 2,000 readers who responded to a Nature survey. What’s more, one-third of the researchers rooting for her say it might affect their plans for where they live or study if the Republican candidate Donald Trump wins on 5 November.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03479-y

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  • Correction 29 October 2024: An earlier version of this story mistakenly said that Trump’s presdency ran from 2017–20. It was 2017–21.

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