As President Donald Trump continues to tout the progress of coronavirus vaccine development, going so far this week as to promise delivery to everyone in the U.S. by next spring, a majority of Americans report having no confidence at all in him to confirm the safety of a potential inoculation, […] Read more »
Republicans are usually more fired up over SCOTUS. Now, polls say Democrats are.
For decades, Republicans have galvanized voters around reshaping the Supreme Court and benefited from it at the ballot box. But in a stark reversal, polls indicate it is Democrats who have the edge in 2020. National and battleground state surveys taken before the death Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg […] Read more »
Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg
A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. CONT. Chris Kahn, Reuters The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new […] Read more »
With Six Weeks to the Election, Six Ways to Protect It
The 2020 election is underway. Not just the campaign — the actual voting has already begun. States are recruiting and training poll workers, identifying the final list of polling places and early voting locations and mailing out ballots. The pandemic presents a huge challenge, but we can still ensure a […] Read more »
Florida race tightens and Trump has edge over Biden in Texas
Joe Biden still has a small edge in Florida, but the contest has tightened since our last poll in July, from six points down to two now, amid an ebbing — if still sizable — concern about coronavirus, while President Trump has picked up a few more of the state’s […] Read more »
Casting a Ballot in 2020
Twice as many voters plan to vote by mail this year than have typically done so in the past. However, support for major changes to voting methods declined since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Among registered voters, 61% report normally voting in-person on Election Day and 21% usually vote […] Read more »