Public’s Mood Turns Grim; Trump Trails Biden on Most Personal Traits, Major Issues
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- Public’s Mood Turns Grim; Trump Trails Biden on Most Personal Traits, Major Issues
- Majorities feel anger, fear with state of nation; few feel proud
- Few voters say Trump is an ‘average’ president; far more describe Biden’s possible presidency that way
- Biden’s strengths: even-tempered, good role model, empathetic, honest; Trump widely viewed as energetic
- Trump draws more confidence on economy than on coronavirus or race
- As in 2016, wide divides by gender, race and ethnicity, age and education in 2020 voter preferences
- Just a third of Biden supporters view vote as ‘for’ their candidate
- Older Black voters much more likely than younger Black voters to view their vote as ‘for’ Biden
- Biden’s supporters have mixed views of his possible presidency; Trump voters are much more positive about him as president
- Biden leads Trump on many personal traits, but not ‘energetic’
- Narrow majority of Trump supporters describe him as even-tempered
- Younger Trump and Biden supporters are less likely to have positive views of their preferred candidates
- More voters confident in Biden on unifying U.S., race, coronavirus; Trump, Biden seen similarly on economy
- Nearly six-in-ten disapprove of how Trump is handling his job as president
- Nearly three-quarters of young adults say they disapprove of Trump’s job performance
- Those who approved of Trump in March but disapprove today are younger, lower income, more likely to live in places hit hard by COVID-19 than steady approvers
- Majority says Trump has changed the tone of political debate in the U.S. for the worse
- Majority of public says Trump has responsibility to release tax returns
- Sharp decline in GOP satisfaction with the way things are going in the country
- About three-quarters of Democrats feel angry, fearful about state of the nation
- Anger, fear about state of the nation felt across age groups and among Black, white and Hispanic adults
- Nearly half of Americans say life for future generations will be worse than life today
- Since last fall, Black and Hispanic adults – and white Democrats — have grown more optimistic about life for future generations
- Since last fall, Black and Hispanic adults – and white Democrats — have grown more optimistic about life for future generations
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