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National Survey of 1,810 Likely Voters
Conducted June 28-July 6, 2020 By Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Education Religion Where do you live? Income Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? WOMEN/SUBURBAN/IDEOLOGY WOMEN/SUBURBAN/RACE Education
LV's Men Women 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal No college degree College degree Evangelical Christian Protestant Catholic Other Major city Suburbs Small City/Town/Rural Less than $100K $100K+ Yes No     No college degree College degree
Women Women Race Race
Suburbs Suburbs White Black Other White Black Other
Ideology Race
Conservative Moderate Liberal White Other
Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? Yes 34% 34% 35% 38% 35% 24% 29% 45% 48% 38% 37% 34% 30% 39% 32% 29% 37% 33% 39% 32% 35% 32% 38% 33% 33% 37% 29% 100% 0% 38% 31% 28% 30% 40% 29% 47% 54% 30% 42% 41%
No 62% 62% 62% 57% 62% 72% 67% 51% 49% 58% 59% 63% 64% 58% 64% 68% 59% 64% 57% 66% 62% 63% 59% 64% 62% 59% 68% 0% 100% 61% 66% 71% 70% 56% 66% 49% 45% 67% 52% 56%
Not sure 4% 5% 3% 5% 3% 4% 4% 5% 3% 4% 3% 3% 6% 3% 4% 2% 4% 3% 4% 2% 3% 5% 3% 2% 4% 4% 3% 0% 0% 1% 3% 1% 1% 4% 5% 3% 2% 3% 6% 3%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Education Religion Where do you live? Income Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? WOMEN/SUBURBAN/IDEOLOGY WOMEN/SUBURBAN/RACE Education
LV's Men Women 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal No college degree College degree Evangelical Christian Protestant Catholic Other Major city Suburbs Small City/Town/Rural Less than $100K $100K+ Yes No     No college degree College degree
Women Women Race Race
Suburbs Suburbs White Black Other White Black Other
Ideology Race
Conservative Moderate Liberal White Other
Minorities and women have been hit particularly hard by job losses as a result of the pandemic. Should the government allow employers to import foreign workers to fill job openings instead of recruiting among these unemployed Americans? Yes 19% 22% 16% 32% 13% 10% 16% 24% 31% 20% 16% 23% 17% 21% 17% 19% 18% 20% 20% 13% 20% 21% 25% 18% 17% 19% 21% 27% 15% 16% 12% 17% 14% 19% 11% 28% 33% 18% 22% 26%
No 67% 66% 68% 54% 73% 75% 69% 65% 58% 60% 75% 59% 67% 73% 67% 58% 70% 66% 72% 72% 69% 60% 62% 69% 68% 68% 65% 61% 72% 80% 71% 62% 71% 71% 77% 58% 56% 66% 72% 61%
Not sure 14% 12% 16% 14% 14% 15% 15% 11% 11% 20% 8% 18% 16% 6% 16% 22% 13% 14% 8% 15% 11% 18% 13% 14% 14% 14% 13% 12% 13% 4% 18% 21% 15% 11% 13% 14% 11% 16% 6% 14%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Education Religion Where do you live? Income Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? WOMEN/SUBURBAN/IDEOLOGY WOMEN/SUBURBAN/RACE Education
LV's Men Women 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal No college degree College degree Evangelical Christian Protestant Catholic Other Major city Suburbs Small City/Town/Rural Less than $100K $100K+ Yes No     No college degree College degree
Women Women Race Race
Suburbs Suburbs White Black Other White Black Other
Ideology Race
Conservative Moderate Liberal White Other
More than 45 million Americans have filed for unemployment since the pandemic started. To ensure that employers fill open jobs with these Americans and not with illegal workers, should Congress require U.S. employers to use the federal electronic E-Verify system for all new hires? Yes 66% 70% 61% 58% 70% 68% 67% 58% 65% 64% 82% 53% 63% 80% 62% 48% 68% 64% 71% 67% 71% 58% 63% 69% 64% 66% 66% 72% 64% 86% 67% 50% 70% 63% 71% 53% 71% 65% 61% 62%
No 19% 17% 21% 25% 16% 16% 18% 24% 19% 20% 9% 28% 18% 12% 20% 29% 16% 20% 16% 20% 18% 20% 22% 18% 19% 18% 22% 17% 20% 10% 17% 24% 15% 22% 14% 30% 15% 20% 20% 23%
Not sure 16% 13% 18% 17% 14% 16% 15% 19% 15% 17% 9% 19% 19% 8% 18% 23% 15% 15% 12% 13% 11% 22% 15% 13% 17% 16% 13% 11% 16% 4% 16% 26% 15% 15% 15% 17% 14% 15% 19% 15%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Education Religion Where do you live? Income Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? WOMEN/SUBURBAN/IDEOLOGY WOMEN/SUBURBAN/RACE Education
LV's Men Women 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal No college degree College degree Evangelical Christian Protestant Catholic Other Major city Suburbs Small City/Town/Rural Less than $100K $100K+ Yes No     No college degree College degree
Women Women Race Race
Suburbs Suburbs White Black Other White Black Other
Ideology Race
Conservative Moderate Liberal White Other
An Executive Order has paused the admission of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers until the end of 2020. Should that pause be extended until unemployment rates are back down to the level they were before the pandemic? Yes 55% 57% 53% 56% 56% 51% 54% 54% 66% 48% 72% 41% 53% 75% 49% 33% 60% 53% 69% 50% 58% 48% 56% 52% 58% 56% 55% 62% 53% 72% 47% 39% 51% 60% 60% 52% 66% 51% 55% 58%
No 30% 30% 29% 28% 30% 31% 30% 30% 22% 37% 17% 40% 30% 16% 35% 46% 23% 33% 21% 34% 28% 33% 31% 33% 26% 27% 34% 28% 31% 17% 35% 37% 29% 27% 21% 29% 22% 35% 31% 30%
Not sure 15% 12% 18% 16% 14% 18% 16% 16% 12% 15% 10% 19% 16% 9% 16% 22% 17% 14% 10% 15% 14% 19% 13% 15% 16% 17% 11% 11% 16% 11% 19% 24% 20% 13% 19% 18% 11% 14% 14% 12%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Education Religion Where do you live? Income Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? WOMEN/SUBURBAN/IDEOLOGY WOMEN/SUBURBAN/RACE Education
LV's Men Women 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal No college degree College degree Evangelical Christian Protestant Catholic Other Major city Suburbs Small City/Town/Rural Less than $100K $100K+ Yes No     No college degree College degree
Women Women Race Race
Suburbs Suburbs White Black Other White Black Other
Ideology Race
Conservative Moderate Liberal White Other
Should the federal government continue a program known as O.P.T. that gives tax incentives to hire foreign students who graduate from U.S. schools, or should the government end the program to ensure that the four million Americans graduating from college this year get the first shot at jobs? The federal government should continue the O.P.T, program 33% 35% 31% 42% 27% 31% 30% 36% 38% 46% 25% 44% 28% 24% 35% 47% 29% 35% 30% 33% 32% 35% 42% 33% 29% 32% 37% 41% 29% 18% 29% 45% 28% 34% 22% 42% 41% 34% 30% 41%
The federal government should end the O.P.T program 49% 50% 49% 40% 54% 55% 51% 45% 50% 43% 64% 34% 52% 67% 45% 28% 55% 47% 59% 50% 51% 43% 40% 51% 53% 51% 48% 47% 52% 76% 48% 24% 50% 52% 61% 38% 48% 46% 52% 47%
Not sure 18% 15% 20% 18% 19% 14% 19% 19% 12% 11% 11% 21% 20% 9% 20% 25% 16% 18% 11% 17% 18% 21% 18% 16% 18% 18% 15% 13% 19% 6% 23% 30% 22% 14% 17% 20% 10% 20% 18% 12%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Education Religion Where do you live? Income Have you or someone in your family lost a full-time or part-time job this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic? WOMEN/SUBURBAN/IDEOLOGY WOMEN/SUBURBAN/RACE Education
LV's Men Women 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal No college degree College degree Evangelical Christian Protestant Catholic Other Major city Suburbs Small City/Town/Rural Less than $100K $100K+ Yes No     No college degree College degree
Women Women Race Race
Suburbs Suburbs White Black Other White Black Other
Ideology Race
Conservative Moderate Liberal White Other
Total LV's 1810 837 973 477 772 561 1300 210 194 106 693 608 509 789 558 421 647 1139 380 379 408 627 375 647 756 1146 547 587 1156 127 101 99 244 87 448 83 116 836 124 179