National Tracking Poll Project: 2110084 N Size: 1998 Registered Voters Margin of Error: ± 2% Topline Report October 16-18, 2021 Question Response Frequency Percentage P1 Now, generally speaking, would you say that things in the country are going in the right direction, or have they pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track? Right Direction 757 38% Wrong Track 1241 62% nr2b Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as President? Strongly Approve 418 21% Somewhat Approve 481 24% Somewhat Disapprove 250 13% Strongly Disapprove 788 39% Don’t Know / No Opinion 60 3% nr2bNET Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as President? Total Approve 899 45% Total Disapprove 1039 52% Don’t Know / No Opinion 60 3% P3 Now, thinking about your vote, what would you say is the top set of issues on your mind when you cast your vote for federal offices such as U.S. Senate or Congress? Economic Issues – like taxes, wages, jobs, unemployment, and spending 768 38% Security Issues – like terrorism, foreign policy, and border security 360 18% Health Care Issues – like the 2010 health care law, Medicaid, other challenges 231 12% Seniors Issues – like Medicare and Social Security 227 11% Women’s Issues – like birth control, abortion, and equal pay 125 6% Education Issues – like school standards, class sizes, school choice, and student loans 59 3% Energy Issues – like carbon emissions, cost of electricity/gasoline, or renewables 107 5% Other: 122 6% Page | 1
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National Tracking Poll
Project: 2110084N Size: 1998 Registered Voters
Margin of Error: ± 2%Topline Report October 16-18, 2021
Question Response Frequency PercentageP1 Now, generally speaking, would you say that things in the country are going in the
right direction, or have they pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?Right Direction 757 38%Wrong Track 1241 62%
nr2b Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as President?Strongly Approve 418 21%
nr2bNET Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as President?Total Approve 899 45%
Total Disapprove 1039 52%Don’t Know / No Opinion 60 3%
P3 Now, thinking about your vote, what would you say is the top set of issues on yourmind when you cast your vote for federal offices such as U.S. Senate or Congress?
Economic Issues – like taxes, wages, jobs,unemployment, and spending
768 38%
Security Issues – like terrorism, foreign policy, andborder security
360 18%
Health Care Issues – like the 2010 health care law,Medicaid, other challenges
231 12%
Seniors Issues – like Medicare and Social Security 227 11%Women’s Issues – like birth control, abortion, and equal
pay125 6%
Education Issues – like school standards, class sizes,school choice, and student loans
59 3%
Energy Issues – like carbon emissions, cost ofelectricity/gasoline, or renewables
107 5%
Other: 122 6%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL1 Thinking about the November 2022 midterm elections for U.S. Congress, how
enthusiastic would you say you are about voting in the midterm elections?Extremely enthusiastic 544 27%
Very enthusiastic 393 20%Somewhat enthusiastic 508 25%
Not too enthusiastic 376 19%Not at all enthusiastic 177 9%
POL2 If the election for U.S. Congress in your district was held today, which one of thefollowing candidates are you most likely to vote for?
Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL4_1 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus?
President Joe BidenExcellent 434 22%
Good 412 21%Just Fair 296 15%
Poor 781 39%Don’t Know / No Opinion 74 4%
POL4_2 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus?Congress
Excellent 95 5%Good 387 19%
Just Fair 674 34%Poor 654 33%
Don’t Know / No Opinion 188 9%
POL4_3 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus?Congressional Democrats
Excellent 253 13%Good 501 25%
Just Fair 381 19%Poor 709 35%
Don’t Know / No Opinion 154 8%
POL4_4 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus?Congressional Republicans
Excellent 127 6%Good 326 16%
Just Fair 564 28%Poor 818 41%
Don’t Know / No Opinion 164 8%
POL4_5 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus? TheWorld Health Organization (WHO)
Excellent 303 15%Good 571 29%
Just Fair 395 20%Poor 542 27%
Don’t Know / No Opinion 186 9%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL4_6 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus? The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Excellent 417 21%
Good 606 30%Just Fair 403 20%
Poor 459 23%Don’t Know / No Opinion 113 6%
POL4_7 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus? Yourstate’s governor
Excellent 408 20%Good 583 29%
Just Fair 323 16%Poor 567 28%
Don’t Know / No Opinion 116 6%
POL4_8 How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coronavirus? Dr.Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Excellent 548 27%Good 418 21%
Just Fair 255 13%Poor 623 31%
Don’t Know / No Opinion 154 8%
POL5 Generally speaking, would you say you are more concerned about...The economic impact of coronavirus including the
effect on the stock market and increased unemployment858 43%
The public health impact of coronavirus including thespread of the disease which would cause more deaths
991 50%
Don’t know / No opinion 149 7%
POL6 Currently, do you believe it’s more important for the government to address the:The spread of coronavirus 859 43%
The economy 1007 50%Don’t know / No opinion 132 7%
POL7 Even if neither is exactly correct, which of the following comes closest to your opinion?Americans should continue to social distance for as
long as is needed to curb the spread of coronavirus evenif it means continued damage to the economy
1184 59%
Americans should stop social distancing to stimulatethe economy even if it means increasing the spread of
coronavirus
589 29%
Don’t know / No opinion 226 11%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL8_1 How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? The upcoming
international climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow, ScotlandA lot 166 8%Some 411 21%
Not Much 593 30%Nothing at all 829 41%
POL8_2 How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Workers at companiesincluding Kellogg’s and John Deere going on strike
A lot 378 19%Some 629 31%
Not Much 379 19%Nothing at all 613 31%
POL8_3 How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Former PresidentDonald Trump saying ’if we don’t solve the presidential election fraud of 2020,Republicans will not be voting in 2022 or 2024’
A lot 421 21%Some 585 29%
Not Much 408 20%Nothing at all 584 29%
POL8_4 How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Consumer prices inSeptember 2021 rising 5.4% from a year ago, matching a 13-year high in inflation
A lot 671 34%Some 714 36%
Not Much 262 13%Nothing at all 350 18%
POL8_5 How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Law enforcementofficials searching for Brian Laundrie, the former boyfriend of Gabby Petito and aperson of interest in the investigation of her homicide
A lot 946 47%Some 609 30%
Not Much 204 10%Nothing at all 239 12%
POL9 Who would you say is most responsible for the current state of the economy?Donald Trump 612 31%
Joe Biden 1039 52%Don’t know / No opinion 347 17%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL10_1 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? The U.S. economy
Very concerned 1182 59%Somewhat concerned 661 33%
Not too concerned 126 6%Not concerned at all 29 1%
POL10_2 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? The COVID-19pandemic
Very concerned 944 47%Somewhat concerned 562 28%
Not too concerned 313 16%Not concerned at all 179 9%
POL10_3 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Conflict betweenpolitical parties
Very concerned 836 42%Somewhat concerned 678 34%
Not too concerned 326 16%Not concerned at all 158 8%
POL10_4 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? InflationVery concerned 1158 58%
Somewhat concerned 610 31%Not too concerned 182 9%
Not concerned at all 48 2%
POL10_5 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Illegal immigration atthe U.S.-Mexico border
Very concerned 940 47%Somewhat concerned 516 26%
Not too concerned 377 19%Not concerned at all 166 8%
POL10_6 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Climate changeVery concerned 795 40%
Somewhat concerned 570 29%Not too concerned 345 17%
Not concerned at all 288 14%
POL10_7 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Political correctnessVery concerned 499 25%
Somewhat concerned 575 29%Not too concerned 485 24%
Not concerned at all 440 22%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL10_8 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Terrorism in the United
StatesVery concerned 888 44%
Somewhat concerned 745 37%Not too concerned 291 15%
Not concerned at all 74 4%
POL10_9 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Economic inequalityVery concerned 707 35%
Somewhat concerned 664 33%Not too concerned 397 20%
Not concerned at all 230 11%
POL10_10 How concerned are you, if at all, about each of the following? Cyber-attacks on theUnited States
Very concerned 928 46%Somewhat concerned 783 39%
Not too concerned 216 11%Not concerned at all 71 4%
POL11 Do you think the U.S. economy will get better or worse in the next year, or do youthink there will be no change?
Much worse 474 24%Somewhat worse 462 23%
No change 257 13%Somewhat better 510 26%
Much better 139 7%Don’t know / No opinion 156 8%
POL12_1 As you may know, inflation matched a 13-year high in the United States. To whatextent do you think each of the following is responsible for the increasing inflation inthe U.S. economy? Americans returning to pre-pandemic behaviors
Very responsible 391 20%Somewhat responsible 569 28%
Not too responsible 412 21%Not responsible at all 347 17%
Don’t know / No opinion 280 14%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL12_2 As you may know, inflation matched a 13-year high in the United States. To what
extent do you think each of the following is responsible for the increasing inflation inthe U.S. economy? The Biden administration’s policies
Very responsible 791 40%Somewhat responsible 436 22%
Not too responsible 351 18%Not responsible at all 207 10%
Don’t know / No opinion 213 11%
POL13 Do you support or oppose holding social media platforms legally responsible for anyharm that happens to users as a result of the personalized algorithms these socialmedia companies use to make recommendations for users?
Strongly support 624 31%Somewhat support 583 29%Somewhat oppose 219 11%Strongly oppose 192 10%
Don’t know / No opinion 380 19%
POL14_1 Do you approve or disapprove of the following proposals to reform the United StatesSupreme Court? Expanding the number of justices on the court
POL14_5 Do you approve or disapprove of the following proposals to reform the United StatesSupreme Court? Balancing the court with equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans,and Independents
POL14_7 Do you approve or disapprove of the following proposals to reform the United StatesSupreme Court? Congress limiting the jurisdiction of the court, such as not allowingthe court to hear cases about certain matters
POL15 As you may know, a group of people attacked police and broke into the U.S. Capitol inWashington, D.C. on January 6th. Do you believe the people who broke into the U.S.Capitol in Washington, D.C., as Congress was certifying Electoral College votes for JoeBiden are:
Supporters of President Trump 1242 62%Opponents of President Trump 310 15%
Don’t know / No opinion 446 22%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL16 And do you believe the people who broke into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., as
Congress was certifying Electoral College votes for Joe Biden should be viewed asdomestic terrorists, or not?
Yes, they are domestic terrorists 1076 54%No, they are not domestic terrorists 616 31%
Don’t know / No opinion 306 15%
POL17_1 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Democrats in Congress
Very responsible 375 19%Somewhat responsible 307 15%
Not too responsible 264 13%Not responsible at all 724 36%
Don’t know / No opinion 327 16%
POL17_2 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Republicans in Congress
Very responsible 525 26%Somewhat responsible 471 24%
Not too responsible 269 13%Not responsible at all 449 22%
Don’t know / No opinion 285 14%
POL17_3 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Sen. Ted Cruz
Very responsible 402 20%Somewhat responsible 380 19%
Not too responsible 241 12%Not responsible at all 508 25%
Don’t know / No opinion 468 23%
POL17_4 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Sen. Josh Hawley
Very responsible 358 18%Somewhat responsible 241 12%
Not too responsible 176 9%Not responsible at all 300 15%
Don’t know / No opinion 923 46%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL17_5 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to a
group of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Local law enforcement
Very responsible 286 14%Somewhat responsible 481 24%
Not too responsible 388 19%Not responsible at all 538 27%
Don’t know / No opinion 305 15%
POL17_6 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Defense Department
Very responsible 230 11%Somewhat responsible 387 19%
Not too responsible 372 19%Not responsible at all 553 28%
Don’t know / No opinion 457 23%
POL17_7 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Donald Trump
Very responsible 928 46%Somewhat responsible 235 12%
Not too responsible 212 11%Not responsible at all 446 22%
Don’t know / No opinion 175 9%
POL17_8 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Mike Pence
Very responsible 252 13%Somewhat responsible 413 21%
Not too responsible 343 17%Not responsible at all 639 32%
Don’t know / No opinion 351 18%
POL17_9 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? President Joe Biden
Very responsible 335 17%Somewhat responsible 209 10%
Not too responsible 229 11%Not responsible at all 946 47%
Don’t know / No opinion 280 14%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL17_10 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to a
group of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? The people who broke into the U.S. Capitol
Very responsible 1389 70%Somewhat responsible 300 15%
Not too responsible 77 4%Not responsible at all 66 3%
Don’t know / No opinion 165 8%
POL17_11 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? State elections officials
Very responsible 275 14%Somewhat responsible 406 20%
Not too responsible 349 17%Not responsible at all 500 25%
Don’t know / No opinion 468 23%
POL17_12 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? State legislators
Very responsible 212 11%Somewhat responsible 473 24%
Not too responsible 377 19%Not responsible at all 461 23%
Don’t know / No opinion 475 24%
POL17_13 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? News media
Very responsible 580 29%Somewhat responsible 625 31%
Not too responsible 288 14%Not responsible at all 257 13%
Don’t know / No opinion 248 12%
POL17_14 How responsible do you believe each of the following are for the events that led to agroup of people attacking police and breaking into the U.S. Capitol in Washington,D.C.? Social media companies
Very responsible 613 31%Somewhat responsible 661 33%
Not too responsible 232 12%Not responsible at all 215 11%
Don’t know / No opinion 277 14%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL18 And specifically, how important is it for the federal government to continue to
investigate the events that occurred in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. onJanuary 6th?
Very important 989 50%Somewhat important 299 15%
Not too important 265 13%Not important at all 310 15%
Don’t know / No opinion 135 7%
POL19_1 Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The people who broke into theU.S. Capitol are representative of the Republican Party
POL19_2 Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The people who broke into theU.S. Capitol are representative of Donald Trump, but not the Republican Party
Question Response Frequency PercentagePOL20 As you may know, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appointed seven Democrats
and two Republicans to serve on a special congressional committee to investigate theevents that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.Based on what you know, doyou approve or disapprove of the special congressional committee investigating theevents that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th?
POLx_1 Next we will look at a list of names that are active in politics. It is a long list, pleasetake the time to go through the list carefully and give an individual answer for eachname below. For each person, please indicate if you have a Very Favorable, SomewhatFavorable, Somewhat Unfavorable, or Very Unfavorable opinion of each If you haveheard of the person, but do not have an opinion, please mark ’Heard Of, No Opinion.’If you have not heard of the person, please mark ’Never Heard Of.’Mitch McConnell
Total Favorable 448 22%Total Unfavorable 1111 56%
Heard Of, No Opinion 307 15%Never Heard Of 131 7%
POLx_2 Favorability for Nancy PelosiTotal Favorable 711 36%
Total Unfavorable 1077 54%Heard Of, No Opinion 162 8%
Never Heard Of 48 2%
POLx_3 Favorability for Charles SchumerTotal Favorable 607 30%
Total Unfavorable 831 42%Heard Of, No Opinion 328 16%
Never Heard Of 231 12%
POLx_4 Favorability for Mike PenceTotal Favorable 793 40%
Total Unfavorable 971 49%Heard Of, No Opinion 181 9%
Never Heard Of 53 3%
POLx_5 Favorability for Donald TrumpTotal Favorable 874 44%
Total Unfavorable 1060 53%Heard Of, No Opinion 52 3%
Never Heard Of 12 1%
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Question Response Frequency PercentagePOLx_6 Favorability for Republicans in Congress
Total Favorable 733 37%Total Unfavorable 1109 55%
Heard Of, No Opinion 128 6%Never Heard Of 29 1%
POLx_7 Favorability for Democrats in CongressTotal Favorable 841 42%
Total Unfavorable 1023 51%Heard Of, No Opinion 109 5%
Never Heard Of 25 1%
POLx_9 Favorability for Kevin McCarthyTotal Favorable 462 23%
Total Unfavorable 715 36%Heard Of, No Opinion 508 25%
Never Heard Of 314 16%
POLx_10 Favorability for Joe BidenTotal Favorable 927 46%
Total Unfavorable 1019 51%Heard Of, No Opinion 50 3%
Never Heard Of 2 0%
POLx_11 Favorability for Kamala HarrisTotal Favorable 838 42%
Total Unfavorable 994 50%Heard Of, No Opinion 131 7%
Never Heard Of 34 2%
POLx_12 Favorability for Pope FrancisTotal Favorable 932 47%
Total Unfavorable 408 20%Heard Of, No Opinion 544 27%
Never Heard Of 114 6%Note: Group proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. All statistics are calcu-lated for registered voters with demographic post-stratification weights applied.
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Morning ConsultRespondent Demographics Summary
Respondent Demographics Summary
Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent DemographicsDemographic Group Frequency Percentage
xdemAll Registered Voters 1998 100%
xdemGender Gender: Male 942 47%Gender: Female 1056 53%
Note: Group proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. All statistics are calcu-lated with demographic post-stratification weights applied.