Republicans, Democrats continue to differ sharply on voting access
Six-in-ten Americans say any U.S. voter should have the option to vote early or absentee without having to document a reason.
The two-party system is well-entrenched in American politics. It has been more than half a century since a candidate who was not from the Republican or Democratic Party has won a single state in a presidential election. Despite, or perhaps because of, the poor recent track record of alternative parties, a sizable minority of Americans […]
Today, about a third of Americans (32%) approve of the job President Joe Biden is doing, while 66% disapprove. Biden’s approval ratings have ticked down from a modest improvement in April and are back to about where they were at the beginning of the year. Ratings of Biden’s job performance have been more negative than […]
Voters’ partisanship has long varied by the type of community they live in. Those in urban counties mostly align with the Democratic Party, while the reverse is true among those in rural counties. In suburbs, where a majority of Americans live, voters’ partisanship is fairly evenly divided. There have been only modest changes in these […]
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in […]