Hannah Hartig

The share of Americans voting by mail has risen in recent presidential election cycles, but there is variation from one state to another.

Also, a declining share of Republicans say the coronavirus is a major threat to health in the United States.

Overall, 70% of U.S. adults favor allowing any voter to vote by mail if they want to.

Nearly seven-in-ten registered voters say postponing state primary elections has been a necessary step to address the coronavirus outbreak.

Democrats are largely united in backing a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. Republican opinion on this issue is more divided.

Republicans express intensely negative views of “socialism” and very positive views of “capitalism.” Majorities of Democrats view both terms positively.

Over half of women and men who were eligible to vote cast ballots in 2018. Compared with 2014, turnout increased by double digits among both genders.

Gender differences in the U.S. about the size and scope of government have been evident for more than a decade, but they have widened in recent years.

Response rates to telephone public opinion polls conducted by Pew Research Center have resumed their decline, to 7% in 2017 and 6% in 2018.

Voters are more enthusiastic about voting than in any midterm election in over 20 years of Pew Research Center polling. Still, millions of Americans will not exercise their right to vote on Tuesday.