Large Shares of Voters Plan To Vote a Straight Party Ticket for President, Senate and House
Just 4% of registered voters support Trump or Biden and a Senate candidate from the opposing party.
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Just 4% of registered voters support Trump or Biden and a Senate candidate from the opposing party.
A large majority of Americans say additional COVID-19 aid is needed – and want Congress to pass it as soon as possible.
Many we surveyed offered thoughtful, respectful – if passionate – affirmations of their own political values.
Ahead of the first vice-presidential debate, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris elicit more negative than positive feelings from registered voters.
Six-in-ten say the primary reason the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is increasing is that there are more new infections; 39% say cases are rising mainly because more people are being tested than in previous months.
Twenty years ago, Americans came together – bonded by sadness and patriotism – after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But a review of public opinion in the two decades since finds that unity was fleeting. It also shows how support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was strong initially but fell over time.
Overall, 70% of U.S. adults favor allowing any voter to vote by mail if they want to.
While declining shares give police forces positive marks for their use of force, treatment of racial groups and officer accountability, there is little support for cuts in spending on local policing.
With less than five months until the 2020 elections, Americans are deeply unhappy with the state of the nation.
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