Partisanship & Issues

As Election Day approaches, here’s a look at voters’ issue priorities, based mainly on a Pew Research Center survey conducted Oct. 10-16.

There has been a sharp decline in the share of Republican voters who are “very confident” that votes cast at polling places will be counted accurately.

Republican and Democratic parents differ widely over what their children should learn at school about gender identity, slavery and other topics, but they are equally satisfied with the quality of education their children are receiving.

32% of Republicans say they like a political leader who has no previous government experience, compared with just 10% of Democrats.

A median of 68% across 19 countries think their country has done a good job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, with majorities saying this in every country surveyed except Japan. However, most also believe the pandemic has created greater divisions in their societies and exposed weaknesses in their political systems – and these view are especially common in the U.S.

How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.

A majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases; 37% think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.

71% of Republican voters say their vote for Congress is “against Biden.”

There is no public consensus on whether greater social acceptance of transgender people is good or bad for society.

Americans’ views of the economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved.