For the first time in our post-Tea Party era, America responded to a big national challenge with a single voice. Nine in ten Democrats, independents, and Republicans embraced social distancing to fight the pandemic in a way that stopped the economy, split families apart and most of all, left most Americans feeling “anxious,” “nervous,” “scared,” “lonely,” even “depressed.” That is dramatically transforming our politics and elections to come — nowhere more than in their new, rather unified, determination to vote in safety and to vote by mail. …
But it remains an unsettled time for Democrats. The voters in this survey have not rallied to the current Democratic national leaders who have only a modest advantage over the Republicans on being trusted to handle this crisis. Many do not know who shaped the most helpful parts of the rescue package. And with the primary contest only just completed, Biden still needs to consolidate and unite his own party. CONT.
Page Gardner, Center for Voter Information, & Stanley Greenberg, Democracy Corps
