Reuters/Ipsos Core Political: Coronavirus Tracker (04/15/2020)

Washington, DC, April 15, 2020 — The latest Core Political survey from Reuters/Ipsos finds that President Donald Trump’s approval has rebounded from last week’s dip, Joe Biden has a slight edge if the general election were held today, and healthcare and the economy remain top of mind issues for Americans.

President Trump’s approval rating remains up from the beginning of the year:

• Republican registered voters (88%) remain much more likely than Democratic registered voters (13%) to approve of President Trump.
• Approval of the president’s handling of COVID-19 remains in line with the ratings from late March (48%).

 The ability to recover from the impact of the coronavirus is seen as the most important issue for Americans when considering who they will vote for in November.

• About one in three (32%) Americans say that having a robust plan to help the nation recover from the coronavirus is the most important factor when choosing a candidate.
• Joe Biden (42%) has a slight edge over Donald Trump (38%) when asked who Americans will vote for in November 2020.

Healthcare and economy remain top issues of concern for Americans.

• Among all Americans, one in four (25%) believe jobs and the economy are the most important problem facing the U.S. today. Over a fourth (27%) think healthcare is most important.
• Top issues of concern continue to diverge across party affiliation: Democratic registered voters believe the main issue is healthcare (34%) while Republican registered voters think it is jobs and the economy (29%).  
   

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About the Study

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between April 13-14, 2020 on behalf of Thomson Reuters. For this survey, a sample of 1,111 Americans age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii were interviewed online in English. The sample includes 937 registered voters, 436 Democratic registered voters, 390 Republican registered voters, and 79 independent registered voters. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ± 3.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Americans been polled. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error. The poll also has a credibility interval of ± 3.7 percentage points for registered voters, ± 5.4 percentage points for Democratic registered voters, ± 5.7 percentage points for Republican registered voters, and ± 12.6 percentage points for independent registered voters.

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