U.S. Elections & Voters

Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.

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

A 46% plurality of U.S. adults say the president did something wrong regarding Ukraine and it was enough to justify his removal from office.

40% of U.S. adults prefer to keep the current system in which the candidate who receives the most Electoral College vote wins the election.

Few United States adults – just 5% – say God chose Donald Trump to be president because God approves of his policies.

White evangelicals largely see Trump as fighting for their beliefs and advancing their interests, and they feel their side generally has been winning recently on political matters important to them.

There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.

59% of Americans are following news about the 2020 candidates closely, but far fewer are following it very closely at this stage of the race.

There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.

In 2018, 59% of U.S. adults said there were too few women in high political offices, including 69% of women and 48% of men who said this.