… Seniors have voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2004, according to exit polls. They favored Trump by 8 points in 2016, according to NBC News exit polls. But most surveys this month show Trump trailing Biden among this group, down by 2 points in a […] Read more »
Prevalence of Living Wills Up Slightly
Forty-five percent of Americans say they have a living will, a slight increase from 40% in 2005, when Gallup last asked this question. The increase has come among those of higher socioeconomic status, with double-digit increases among college graduates and upper- and middle-income adults. … Seventy-four percent of U.S. adults […] Read more »
Americans’ views on reopening their communities
… Most Americans (62%) think the government’s priority should be preventing the virus from spreading and keeping people from getting sick or dying – a drop of ten percentage points from March when 72% prioritized preventing the virus from spreading. The May survey finds that almost a third of Americans […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s problems with senior voters started long before the coronavirus
In recent weeks, reporters and political analysts have centered on the challenge that President Trump currently faces with one particular group of voters: seniors. … The most common explanation is the coronavirus. As one recent New York Times article argued, “The coronavirus crisis and the administration’s halting response to it […] Read more »
Are Older Voters Turning Away From Trump?
… In national head-to-head polls conducted since April 1, Trump is barely breaking even with most older Americans — and in some age groups, he’s even trailing Biden by as much as 1.4 points (see 45- to 64-year-olds). (Pollsters don’t all use the same age brackets, so there is some […] Read more »
How older voters worldwide are reacting to the pandemic
Today GQR continues its weekly series of papers that summarize and analyze all publicly available public opinion data on the pandemic, worldwide. This issue features an in-depth analysis of how older voters worldwide are reacting to the pandemic. CONT. GQR The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new […] Read more »