Share of Republicans saying ‘everything possible’ should be done to make voting easy declines sharply
An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.
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An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.
A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
Americans are now more likely to expect foreign election interference than they were in October 2018, when 67% expected it.
The share of Americans voting by mail has risen in recent presidential election cycles, but there is variation from one state to another.
“Saddened, hurt, disgusted,” one woman in her 50s said. “Never thought I would see anything like this in my life.”
Nearly seven-in-ten registered voters say postponing state primary elections has been a necessary step to address the coronavirus outbreak.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) said in August that the U.S. Supreme Court has the right amount of power.
Over half of women and men who were eligible to vote cast ballots in 2018. Compared with 2014, turnout increased by double digits among both genders.
Gender differences in the U.S. about the size and scope of government have been evident for more than a decade, but they have widened in recent years.
Voters are more enthusiastic about voting than in any midterm election in over 20 years of Pew Research Center polling. Still, millions of Americans will not exercise their right to vote on Tuesday.
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