National Tracking Poll 2103129
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National Tracking Poll #2103129 March 19-22, 2021 Crosstabulation Results Methodology: This poll was conducted between March 19-March 22, 2021 among a national sample of 1994 Reg- istered Voters. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Registered Voters based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Table Index 1 Table 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? .......... 6 2 Table nr2b: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as President? . 10 3 Table nr2bNET: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as President? . 14 4 Table 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? . 18 5 Table POL1_1: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? The economy 23 6 Table POL1_2: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Jobs . 27 7 Table POL1_3: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Health care . 31 8 Table POL1_4: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Immigration 35 9 Table POL1_5: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Climate change 39 10 Table POL1_6: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? The environment 43 11 Table POL1_7: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Energy . 47 12 Table POL1_8: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Education . 51 13 Table POL1_9: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? National security 55 14 Table POL1_10: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Gun policy . 59 15 Table POL1_11: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Protecting Medicare and Social Security .................................. 63 16 Table POL1_12: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Coronavirus 67 17 Table POL1_13: Who do you trust more to handle each of the following issues? Voting rights 71 18 Table POL2_1: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing a healthcare reform bill ................................. 75 19 Table POL2_2: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing a bill to address climate change and its effects ..................... 79 20 Table POL2_3: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing a bill to reduce inequality ............................... 83 21 Table POL2_4: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing an infrastructure spending bill ............................. 87 22 Table POL2_5: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing an immigration reform bill ............................... 91 2 National Tracking Poll #2103129, March, 2021 23 Table POL2_6: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Reducing the federal budget deficit ............................... 95 24 Table POL2_7: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing legislation placing additional restrictions on gun ownership . 99 25 Table POL2_8: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Regulating tech companies ................................... 103 26 Table POL2_9: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Stimulating the economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic . 107 27 Table POL2_10: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Eliminating the legislative filibuster in the Senate . 111 28 Table POL2_11: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing a bill to legalize marijuana ............................... 115 29 Table POL2_12: How important of a priority should each of the following be for Congress? Passing a bill to provide relief to Americans with student loan debt . 119 30 Table POL3_1: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? President Joe Biden ................................... 123 31 Table POL3_2: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? Congress ........................................ 127 32 Table POL3_3: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? Congressional Democrats ............................... 131 33 Table POL3_4: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? Congressional Republicans ............................... 135 34 Table POL3_5: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? The World Health Organization (WHO) . 139 35 Table POL3_6: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . 143 36 Table POL3_7: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? Your state’s governor .................................. 147 37 Table POL3_8: How would you rate each of the following on their handling of the coron- avirus? Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 151 38 Table POL4: Generally speaking, would you say you are more concerned about... 155 39 Table POL5: Currently, do you believe it’s more important for the government to address the: 159 40 Table POL6: Even if neither is exactly correct, which of the following comes closest to your opinion? ............................................. 163 3 Morning Consult 41 Table POL7: As you may know, in response to the coronavirus Americans have been en- couraged to ’social distance’ with many states canceling upcoming major events and closing schools, restaurants, and other public spaces. Based on what you know, when do you believe Americans will be able to stop social distancing and return to public spaces? . 167 42 Table POL8: Do you support or oppose a Medicare for All health care system, where all Amer- icans would get their health insurance from the government? . 171 43 Table POL9: Do you support or oppose a public health insurance option – a system in which all Americans can choose to purchase coverage either from a government-run health program or private insurers? ....................................... 175 44 Table POL10: And, would you support or oppose a plan that would automatically enroll Americans in a public health insurance option and retroactively charge them for this coverage if they choose not to enroll in other health insurance coverage, either from a public or private insurer? ............................................. 179 45 Table POL11: As you may know, Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives have reinstated earmarks, the previously banned practice of including provisions in bills that direct public funds to specific recipients such as individual Congressional districts. Based on what you know, do you support or oppose reinstating earmarks? . 183 46 Table POL12: Do you believe the president of the United States has a responsibility to con- demn bigotry and discrimination that happens in this country? . 187 47 Table POL13: When Donald Trump was President, was the United States immigration system better or worse than it had been previously, or was there no change? . 191 48 Table POL14: With Joe Biden as President, has the United States immigration system gotten better or worse than it had been previously, or has there been no change? . 195 49 Table POL15: Which of the following statements comes closest to your view, even if none are exactly right? .......................................... 199 50 Table POL16: Which of the following do you think is the best way to handle immigrants currently living in the United States undocumented? . 203 51 Table POL17: As you may know, ’Dreamers’ are young people who were brought to the United States illegally when they were children, often with their parents. Which of the following do you think is the best way to handle Dreamers? . 207 52 Table POL18_1: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Trump en- couraging Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine . 212 53 Table POL18_2: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? A shooting spree at three spas in the Atlanta area that left 8 people dead, including 6 women of Asian descent216 54 Table POL18_3: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? The opening weekend of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournaments . 220 4 National Tracking Poll #2103129, March, 2021 55 Table POL18_4: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) being confirmed as secretary of the Interior Department, making her the first Native American member of the Cabinet in U.S. history . 224 56 Table POL18_5: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Katherine Tai being confirmed as the U.S. Trade Representative, making her the first Asian-American to hold the position in U.S. history ................................ 228 57 Table POL18_6: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? Jury selection in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd . 232 58 Table POL18_7: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? President Joe Biden’s dog, Major, biting someone at the White House . 236 59 Table POL18_8: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the following? An increasing number of child migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border .