CCAP Panel Study George Washington University Sample 8000 Internet Using Adults (18+) Conducted November 29 – December 29, 2016 Margin of Error ±2.2%
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CCAP Panel Study George Washington University Sample 8000 Internet Using Adults (18+) Conducted November 29 – December 29, 2016 Margin of Error ±2.2% 1. Are you currently registered to vote? Yes .....................................................................88% No .......................................................................9% Don’t know . .3% 2. Did you vote in the election on Tuesday, November 8th? Yes .....................................................................93% No .......................................................................7% 3. Do you usually vote in general elections? Yes, I usually vote, but did not in 2016 . .43% No, I do not usually vote . 57% 4. How did you vote? In person on election day . 51% In person before the election . 24% Bymail .................................................................25% 5. Who did you vote for in the election for President? Hillary Clinton . .47% Donald Trump . 46% Gary Johnson . .3% Jill Stein . 1% Evan McMullin . 0% Other ....................................................................2% Did not vote for President . 1% 1 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 6. If you had to choose, who did you prefer for president? Hillary Clinton (Democratic) . 43% Donald Trump (Republican) . 38% Don’t know . 19% 7. Was your vote primarily a vote in favor of [Vote Choice] or was it mostly a vote against [Opponent]? Voteinfavor ............................................................69% Vote against oponent . 31% 8. If the 2016 election had been a race between the Democrat, Hillary Clinton and the Republican, Marco Rubio who would you have preferred? Hillary Clinton (Democratic) . 45% Marco Rubio (Republican) . 45% Don’t know . 10% 9. If the 2016 election had been a race between the Democrat, Hillary Clinton and the Republican, Ted Cruz who would you have preferred? Hillary Clinton (Democratic) . 47% Ted Cruz (Republican) . 42% Don’t know . 11% 10. If the 2016 election had been a race between the Democrat, Bernie Sanders and the Republican, Donald Trump who would you have preferred? Bernie Sanders (Democratic) . 49% Donald Trump (Republican) . 43% Don’t know . .8% 2 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 11. If the 2016 election had been a race between the Democrat, Bernie Sanders and the Republican, Marco Rubio who would you have preferred? Bernie Sanders (Democratic) . 49% Marco Rubio (Republican) . 41% Don’t know . 10% 12. At this point, do you wish you had voted in 2016? Yes .....................................................................28% No ......................................................................72% 13. At this point, do you have any regrets about your vote for president in 2016? Yes ......................................................................3% No ......................................................................97% 14. If you had the chance to do it again, how would you vote in 2016? Hillary Clinton (Democratic) . 53% Donald Trump (Republican) . 37% Someone Else . 9% 15. How confident are you that your vote in the 2016 election was accurately counted? Very confident . 51% Somewhat confident . 34% Not too confident . 10% Not at all confident . 5% 3 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 16. How confident are you that the votes in the 2016 election across the country were accurately counted? Very confident . 30% Somewhat confident . 42% Not too confident . 19% Not at all confident . 9% 17. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? Strongly Approve . 26% Somewhat Approve . 21% Somewhat Disapprove . 13% Strongly Disapprove . 38% Don’t know . .2% 18. Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? Very Somewhat Somewhat Very Don’t favorable favorable unfavorable unfavorable know Donald Trump 27% 18% 8% 44% 3% Ted Cruz 10% 23% 19% 36% 11% Paul Ryan 10% 26% 22% 29% 13% Mitt Romney 7% 28% 31% 25% 9% Barack Obama 32% 16% 10% 39% 3% Hillary Clinton 22% 20% 10% 46% 3% Bernie Sanders 26% 26% 16% 26% 6% Marco Rubio 11% 29% 23% 24% 13% 4 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 19. Would you like to see the Democratic Party focus more, less, or about the same amount on the following priorities? Much Somewhat About the Somewhat Much less less same more more Reducing the size of government 6% 8% 29% 19% 38% Creating jobs 3% 2% 19% 28% 49% Renegotiating trade deals 6% 7% 36% 26% 25% Reforming the health care system 10% 6% 19% 24% 41% Reducing how much Americans pay in taxes 4% 8% 25% 23% 39% Combating the effects of climate change 22% 9% 27% 17% 25% Reducing poverty 6% 8% 25% 29% 33% Restricting immigration 9% 9% 29% 17% 36% Reducing the national debt 4% 4% 24% 25% 43% Increasing racial equality 17% 11% 30% 21% 21% Combating terrorism 3% 5% 34% 23% 34% Standing up to political correctness 15% 8% 29% 19% 28% 5 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 20. Would you like to see the Republican Party focus more, less, or about the same amount on the following priorities? Much Somewhat About the Somewhat Much less less same more more Reducing the size of government 12% 9% 26% 22% 31% Creating jobs 2% 2% 21% 27% 47% Renegotiating trade deals 7% 11% 32% 27% 23% Reforming the health care system 11% 9% 21% 22% 38% Reducing how much Americans pay in taxes 9% 8% 26% 25% 31% Combating the effects of climate change 18% 11% 27% 15% 30% Reducing poverty 4% 4% 25% 28% 39% Restricting immigration 18% 11% 23% 17% 31% Reducing the national debt 5% 5% 24% 25% 40% Increasing racial equality 10% 7% 36% 19% 28% Combating terrorism 4% 6% 36% 19% 34% Standing up to political correctness 19% 10% 23% 19% 29% 6 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 21. Please tell us whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: Strongly Strongly agree Agree Disagree disagree Elections today don’t matter; things stay the same no matter who we vote in. 10% 30% 43% 17% America is a fair society where everyone has the opportunity to get ahead. 16% 42% 30% 13% Our economic system is biased in favor of the wealthiest Americans. 38% 36% 21% 5% You can’t believe much of what you hear from the mainstream media. 38% 34% 22% 6% People like me don’t have any say in what the government does. 18% 42% 33% 7% Elites in this country don’t understand the problems I am facing. 43% 41% 13% 3% 22. Would you say things in this country today are... Generally headed in the right direction . 23% Off on the wrong track . 62% Don’t know . 15% 7 CCAP Panel Study George Washington University 23. Would you say that you and your family are... Better off financially than you were a year ago . .17% About the same financially as you were a year ago . 55% Worse off financially than you were a year ago . 25% Don’t know . ..