Biden Loses Ground With the Public on Issues, Personal Traits and Job Approval
Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.
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Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.
About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say they favor raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 40% who strongly back the idea.
About a third of Republicans (32%) say they would not like Donald Trump to remain a national political figure for many years to come.
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.
Supporters of Donald Trump and Joe Biden differ widely on the issues that are “very important” to their vote.
Most supporters of Donald Trump and Joe Biden report having a lot of friends who share their political preferences.
41% of Democratic registered voters say they are bothered that the likely Democratic nominee for the 2020 election is a white man in his 70s.
Around six-in-ten U.S. adults say the nation’s economic system unfairly favors powerful interests, though partisans are divided. Partisan differences extend to beliefs about why people are rich or poor.
The U.S. public is about evenly split on whether the U.S. economic system is more secure today than it was before the financial crisis. Republicans are now more likely to view the system as more secure.
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