81% Favor Free Coronavirus Vaccine for the Elderly
The federal government plans to give the coronavirus vaccine to elderly Americans for free. Voters strongly agree with that plan.
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March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
Biden Jumps Far Ahead, But 39% of Democrats Say Let Tulsi Debate
Democratic voters are closely divided over whether Tulsi Gabbard should be included in their party’s next presidential debate, but they overwhelmingly put their money on Joe Biden to be the ultimate nominee.
March 10, 2020
Voters to Pols: Leave Individual Judges Alone
Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer got himself in hot water last week with a public attack on two U.S. Supreme Court justices. While voters see judges as political creatures, most disapprove of threatening judges by name.
March 9, 2020
Biden Beats Sanders, Trump
Voters expect Joe Biden to easily beat Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination and would opt for Biden over President Trump if the general election were held today.
March 6, 2020
Voters See Less Politics on Supreme Court and Want It That Way
Voters are less convinced these days that the U.S. Supreme Court is driven by politics despite Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent accusation that some of her fellow justices have a pro-Trump bias. But voters still strongly believe the members of the high court should keep their political views to themselves.
March 5, 2020
60% of Republicans See Coronavirus Scare As Tool to Get Trump
Like most everything else in America today, views of the coronavirus and the government response to it are heavily colored by politics. Democrats are most likely to see the new virus as a threat and to criticize the government’s response. Republicans see an anti-Trump agenda at work.
March 3, 2020
Biden Bounces Back Among Democrats Nationally
As Super Tuesday dawns, Joe Biden has jumped back ahead nationally in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, with Bernie Sanders in second. Despite spending over half-a-billion dollars on campaign advertising, Michael Bloomberg has faded to third.
February 27, 2020
Voters Remain Cool to Socialism Despite Bernie’s Surge
Despite Bernie Sanders’ front-runner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, voters aren’t showing more enthusiasm for socialism. Democrats remain more receptive than other voters, however.
February 26, 2020
GOP Voters Approve of Republicans in Congress for First Time in Years
So much for bipartisanship. Most Republicans are finally happy with the job their representatives in Congress are doing, while Democrats are even happier with theirs than they have been in the past.
February 26, 2020
Trump Thumps Sanders in Head-to-Head Matchup
President Trump would KO Democrat front-runner Bernie Sanders if the 2020 presidential election were held today.
February 25, 2020
Most Call for Presidential Candidates’ Medical Records
With 78-year-old Bernie Sanders’ surge to the lead in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, questions are being raised about his health, especially following a heart attack several months ago. A sizable majority of voters says a candidate’s health is an important voting issue, and most think major presidential candidates should make their medical records public.
February 24, 2020
42% Favor Congressional Override of Presidential Pardons
Some Democrats were unhappy with President Trump’s recent pardoning of several convicted felons, but voters are closely divided over whether Congress should be able to stop those pardons.
February 18, 2020
Most Still Would Support A Gay President, Less Sure About Others
Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay major presidential candidate, is one of the early leaders in the race for this year’s Democratic nomination. Most voters say they have no problem with electing a gay president but remain less sure that others they know agree.
February 17, 2020
51% Say Any Democrat Likely to Defeat Trump
Just over half of voters think Democrats have a good chance of defeating President Trump in November, no matter which opponent he faces.
February 14, 2020
Bloomberg Edges Ahead in Democratic Presidential Race
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a narrow lead over Joe Biden among Democrats nationally in the race to be their party’s 2020 presidential nominee, but Biden and Bernie Sanders are the candidates seen as most likely to be nominated.
February 13, 2020
Voters Narrowly Favor Law Allowing Crime Victims to Sue Sanctuary Cities
Voters still aren’t thrilled with the idea of living in a community that protects illegal immigrants from federal authorities. But they support only narrowly a law that would allow victims of crimes by those illegal immigrants to sue sanctuary communities.
February 12, 2020
Most Turn Thumbs-Down on Mandatory Voting
Several countries including Australia have made voting compulsory, and California is considering a similar law that would penalize those who don’t vote. But voters nationally still don’t like that idea and tend to think worse government would be the end result.
February 12, 2020
Voters Still Want Budget Cuts, With An Eye on Entitlements
Voters agree the $4 trillion-plus the federal government now spends annually is too much and favor budget cuts, especially in entitlement programs. But most also consider it highly unlikely that spending cuts will occur.
February 11, 2020
39% of Republicans Want to Expel Romney from GOP; 18% Undecided
Mitt Romney was the only Republican senator who voted guilty last week on one of the impeachment counts brought against President Trump by House Democrats. Many Republicans were furious at Romney, and a sizable number of GOP voters are ready to throw him out of the party.
February 10, 2020
Most See Impeachment As Failed Strategy, Want Democrats to Move On
Impeachment is over and done with as far as most voters are concerned. The House Democrats’ failed effort to remove President Trump has just made him stronger politically, voters say.
