Political Issues in the United States

	Dates	Total Online Interviews
Wave I	1/4-25/2016	1,000 adults	912 Likely to register to vote
Wave II	6/8-7/5/2016	1,000 adults	845 Likely to vote in November
Wave III	8/15-9/1/2016	514 adults	453 Likely to vote in November

Additional results from this survey are being held for release at a later date.

1. Overall, do you think the country is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
1 Right direction	42	40	46
2 Wrong Direction	58	60	54

3. How satisfied are you with the current process of electing a president in the United States?

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
1 Extremely satisfied	10	10	19
2 Very satisfied	22	19	20
3 Somewhat satisfied	37	33	28
5 Hardly satisfied at all	18	22	22
6 Not at all satisfied	13	16	12

9. If the Presidential election were conducted today, who would you consider voting for? (Select all that apply)

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
Hillary Clinton	39	43	53
Donald Trump	29	34	39
Gary Johnson			16
Jill Stein			7

10. Who would be your first choice?

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
Hillary Clinton	29	33	48
Donald Trump	21	28	36
Gary Johnson			11
Jill Stein			5

10a. Think back to January, before the primary, who was your first choice then?

	1/4-25/16[1]	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
Joe Biden	3	4	5
Jeb Bush	6	4	2
Ben Carson	4	4	7
Chris Christie	1		2
Hillary Clinton	29	30	31
Ted Cruz	8	8	5
Carly Fiorina	1	1	1
John Kasich	1	5	3
Rand Paul	1	1	1
Mitt Romney	4	1	2
Marco Rubio	5	3	5
Paul Ryan	1	1	1
Bernie Sanders	15	16	16
Donald Trump	21	20	19
Elizabeth Warren		2	1
Gary Johnson			1
Jill Stein			–

[1] Based on answers in the January survey to “Who would be your first choice”?

10b.If the election were held today, who would you vote for?

	8/15-9/1/16
Hillary Clinton	48
Donald Trump	37
Gary Johnson	11
Jill Stein	3

14. How would you rate each candidate in terms of being qualified to be President of the United States?

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
b. Hillary Clinton
1 Extremely well qualified	24	25	34
2 Very well qualified	20	19	16
3 Quite well qualified	11	11	12
4 Somewhat well qualified	14	11	10
5 Not very well qualified	9	11	7
6 Not at all qualified	23	23	22
f. Donald Trump
1 Extremely well qualified	14	13	12
2 Very well qualified	12	13	15
3 Quite well qualified	13	11	10
4 Somewhat well qualified	11	12	15
5 Not very well qualified	11	13	16
6 Not at all qualified	39	39	32
h. Gary Johnson
1 Extremely well qualified			7
2 Very well qualified			15
3 Quite well qualified			19
4 Somewhat well qualified			28
5 Not very well qualified			18
6 Not at all qualified			14
i. Jill Stein
1 Extremely well qualified			7
2 Very well qualified			12
3 Quite well qualified			16
4 Somewhat well qualified			22
5 Not very well qualified			26
6 Not at all qualified			17

15. How would you rate each candidate on their likeability?

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
b. Hillary Clinton
1 Extremely likeable	18	18	26
2 Very likeable	16	14	14
3 Quite likeable	14	14	10
4 Somewhat likeable	17	13	12
5 Not very likable	11	14	10
6 Not at all likeable	24	27	29
f. Donald Trump
1 Extremely likeable	13	12	13
2 Very likeable	10	13	10
3 Quite likeable	14	9	12
4 Somewhat likeable	13	12	14
5 Not very likable	13	14	15
6 Not at all likeable	36	40	36
h. Gary Johnson
1 Extremely likeable			9
2 Very likeable			16
3 Quite likeable			20
4 Somewhat likeable			37
5 Not very likable			9
6 Not at all likeable			9
i. Jill Stein
1 Extremely likeable			8
2 Very likeable			13
3 Quite likeable			21
4 Somewhat likeable			35
5 Not very likable			12
6 Not at all likeable			11

16. How would you rate each candidate on his or her honesty and integrity?

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
b. Hillary Clinton
1 Extremely honest	14	12	22
2 Very honest	12	14	12
3 Quite honest	15	12	10
4 Somewhat honest	15	15	9
5 Not very honest	13	13	13
6 Not at all honest	31	34	34
f. Donald Trump
1 Extremely honest	15	13	11
2 Very honest	14	14	13
3 Quite honest	13	10	14
4 Somewhat honest	12	14	18
5 Not very honest	13	11	16
6 Not at all honest	34	38	28
h. Gary Johnson
1 Extremely honest			9
2 Very honest			15
3 Quite honest			23
4 Somewhat honest			39
5 Not very honest			9
6 Not at all honest			6
i. Jill Stein
1 Extremely honest			9
2 Very honest			13
3 Quite honest			23
4 Somewhat honest			38
5 Not very honest			9
6 Not at all honest			8

17. How would you rate each of these candidates on their ability to handle domestic policy? (e.g. economy, health care, immigration etc.)

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
b. Hillary Clinton
1 Excellent	22	21	31
2 Very good	21	20	17
3 Good	18	16	14
4 Fair	14	14	12
5 Poor	26	29	26
f. Donald Trump
1 Excellent	14	14	13
2 Very good	16	16	17
3 Good	18	13	16
4 Fair	14	15	17
5 Poor	39	42	37
h. Gary Johnson
1 Excellent			8
2 Very good			19
3 Good			33
4 Fair			28
5 Poor			11
i. Jill Stein
1 Excellent			7
2 Very good			13
3 Good			33
4 Fair			31
5 Poor			15

18. How would you rate each of these candidates on their ability to handle foreign policy? (e.g. foreign relations, trade, terrorism)

	1/4-25/16	6/8-7/5/16	8/15-9/1/16
b. Hillary Clinton
1 Excellent	22	23	33
2 Very good	16	19	15
3 Good	16	14	12
4 Fair	16	14	11
5 Poor	30	30	28
f. Donald Trump
1 Excellent	14	13	13
2 Very good	14	14	13
3 Good	14	14	19
4 Fair	15	12	16
5 Poor	42	46	39
h. Gary Johnson
1 Excellent			7
2 Very good			18
3 Good			30
4 Fair			30
5 Poor			15
i. Jill Stein
1 Excellent			7
2 Very good			12
3 Good			30
4 Fair			35
5 Poor			16