Democrats see Biden and Sanders as very different ideologically
There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.
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While evaluations of Donald Trump’s handing of specific issues related to the coronavirus outbreak are fairly similar to his overall job rating (44% approve), Americans view Trump’s performance on some dimensions better than on others. Trump receives his most positive ratings for how he is addressing the economic needs of businesses facing financial difficulties. About […]
Interest in the 2020 election has increased over the last month. Three-quarters of U.S. adults now say they are following news about candidates for the presidential election “very” or “fairly” closely, including 39% who are doing so very closely. That is up about 10 percentage points from early September, when 66% said the same. Attention […]
The American public is more likely than not to say that the news media are serving key functions through their coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak. But dramatic partisan differences emerge, which is consistent with deep-rooted partisan gulfs in attitudes toward the news media prior to the outbreak. Survey respondents were asked about their views of […]