Poll Snapshot: Jobs, COVID, the future all keeping voters up late

The coronavirus has upended 2020 and now the presidential election.

A new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald national poll shows President Trump was within striking distance of Joe Biden — until he came down with COVID-19. The poll was taken two days before and three days after the news broke that Trump had caught the virus. Here’s a snapshot of the survey that has a 3.1% margin of error:

PRE-COVID

46% Biden

40.8% Trump

POST-COVID

54.5% Biden

34.3% Trump

OVERALL 

51.2% Biden

36.9% Trump

Which VP candidate is more ready to assume the presidency if needed?

44.9% Kamala Harris

40.3% Mike Pence

9.8% neither

How do you feel about the future of our country?

18.5% very hopeful

16% somewhat hopeful

28.9% somewhat worried

31.5% very worried

Should the Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before Election Day?

40.8% Yes

46.6% No

11.5% Unsure

How do you plan on voting? 

42.9% mail-in or absentee ballot

30.7% election day, in-person

24.5%  vote early, in-person

1.9% no response

What issue is most important to you today?

33.8% COVID-19

18.9% jobs & economy

9.9% social justice

8% supreme court

4.7% climate

8.3% election

8.3% civil unrest

How many people do your come in contact with daily in your bubble?

40.6% 0-2 people

26.3% 3-6 people

18.3% 10 or more

Who did you vote for in the 2016 election?

48.9% Hillary Clinton

39.4% Donald Trump

4.6% other

 

 

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/3iz5gXP