As COVID-19 cases increase, most Americans support ‘no excuse’ absentee voting
65% of Americans say the option to vote early or absentee should be available to any voter without requiring a documented reason.
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65% of Americans say the option to vote early or absentee should be available to any voter without requiring a documented reason.
Americans remain deeply divided about the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and the ongoing congressional investigation into what happened.
Conservative Republicans are about twice as likely as liberal Democrats to prefer a community where the houses are larger and farther apart.
Americans continue to see widespread discrimination against groups in the U.S., including Muslims, gays and lesbians, Hispanics, women, Jews and blacks.
63% of U.S. adults say the government has the responsibility to provide health care coverage for all, up slightly from 59% last year.
About six-in-ten registered voters in the five U.S. states where elections are conducted entirely by mail expect voting to be easy.
Older Americans are more likely than younger adults to feel their health is at risk, while younger people are focused on economic threats.
Those most likely to say COVID-19 threatens day-to-day life live in urban areas in states that have seen relatively high numbers of cases.
Three-quarters of Republicans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, compared with only about half of Democrats.
Americans’ views of free trade agreements, which turned more negative during the 2016 campaign, are now about as positive as they were prior to the campaign.
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