Presidential Election 2016: Key Indicators

Candidates' Images

Among National Adults

	Trump% Fav.	% Unfav.	Clinton% Fav.	% Unfav.
Oct 31-Nov 7, 2016	35	62	40	57
Oct 30-Nov 6, 2016	35	62	40	57
Oct 29-Nov 5, 2016	35	61	41	57
Oct 28-Nov 4, 2016	35	62	41	56
Oct 27-Nov 3, 2016	34	62	42	56
Oct 26-Nov 2, 2016	33	63	42	55
Oct 25-31, 2016	34	63	43	54
Oct 24-30, 2016	34	62	43	54
Oct 23-29, 2016	35	62	42	54
Oct 22-28, 2016	35	62	42	55
Oct 21-27, 2016	34	63	43	54
Oct 20-26, 2016	35	62	43	54
Oct 19-25, 2016	34	63	43	54
Oct 18-24, 2016	33	63	42	54
Oct 17-23, 2016	32	64	43	54
Oct 16-22, 2016	32	65	43	54
Oct 15-21, 2016	31	66	44	53
Oct 14-20, 2016	31	66	42	54
Oct 13-19, 2016	31	66	42	55
Oct 12-18, 2016	31	65	41	55
Oct 11-17, 2016	31	65	41	55
Oct 10-16, 2016	31	65	40	56
Oct 9-15, 2016	30	66	41	55
Oct 8-14, 2016	30	65	40	55
Gallup Daily Tracking

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GOP Candidates' Images

Among Republicans/Republican-leaning independents

	Trump
	% Fav.	% Unfav.
Oct 31-Nov 1, 2016	71	28
Oct 30-Nov 6, 2016	71	27
Oct 29-Nov 5, 2016	72	26
Oct 28-Nov 4, 2016	70	29
Oct 27-Nov 3, 2016	69	30
Oct 26-Nov 2, 2016	69	29
Oct 25-31, 2016	69	29
Oct 24-30, 2016	69	29
Oct 23-29, 2016	70	28
Oct 22-28, 2016	69	29
Oct 21-27, 2016	70	28
Oct 20-26, 2016	71	28
Oct 19-25, 2016	71	28
Oct 18-24, 2016	71	28
Oct 17-23, 2016	68	30
Oct 16-22, 2016	66	32
Oct 15-21, 2016	34	34
Oct 14-20, 2016	64	35
Oct 13-19, 2016	64	34
Oct 12-18, 2016	64	34
Oct 11-17, 2016	63	35
Oct 10-16, 2016	63	34
Oct 9-15, 2016	63	35
Oct 8-14, 2016	64	34
Gallup Daily Tracking

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Democratic Candidates' Images

Among Democrats/Democratic-leaning independents

	Clinton
	% Fav.	% Unfav.
Oct 31-Nov 7, 2016	77	21
Oct 30-Nov 6, 2016	77	21
Oct 29-Nov 5, 2016	77	22
Oct 28-Nov 4, 2016	78	20
Oct 27-Nov 3, 2016	78	20
Oct 26-Nov 2, 2016	78	20
Oct 25-31, 2016	78	19
Oct 24-30, 2016	77	20
Oct 23-29, 2016	77	19
Oct 22-28, 2016	78	19
Oct 21-27, 2016	79	17
Oct 20-26, 2016	79	18
Oct 19-25, 2016	79	18
Oct 18-24, 2016	79	18
Oct 17-23, 2016	80	18
Oct 16-22, 2016	80	18
Oct 15-21, 2016	79	19
Oct 14-20, 2016	78	19
Oct 13-19, 2016	77	20
Oct 12-18, 2016	77	21
Oct 11-17, 2016	77	20
Oct 10-16, 2016	76	21
Oct 9-15, 2016	76	21
Oct 8-14, 2016	76	21
Gallup Daily Tracking

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Candidates' Impact Among National Adults

Did you read, hear, or see anything about Hillary Clinton/Donald Trump in the last day or two?

	Clinton	Trump
	% Yes	% Yes
Nov 7, 2016	84	82
Nov 6, 2016	75	76
Nov 5, 2016	74	69
Nov 4, 2016	84	84
Nov 3, 2016	82	75
Nov 2, 2016	87	82
Oct 31, 2016	85	75
Oct 30, 2016	80	68
Oct 29, 2016	80	70
Oct 28, 2016	86	80
Oct 27, 2016	78	83
Oct 26, 2016	78	81
Oct 25, 2016	80	79
Oct 24, 2016	74	85
Oct 23, 2016	74	77
Oct 22, 2016	81	81
Oct 21, 2016	79	85
Oct 20, 2016	84	86
Oct 19, 2016	78	82
Oct 18, 2016	78	84
Oct 17, 2016	74	81
Oct 16, 2016	72	83
Oct 15, 2016	75	86
Oct 14, 2016	80	89
Oct 13, 2016	81	88
Oct 12, 2016	77	89
Oct 11, 2016	83	88
Oct 10, 2016	84	92
Oct 9, 2016	69	82
Oct 8, 2016	77	82
Oct 7, 2016	72	83
Oct 5, 2016	73	81
Oct 4, 2016	78	83
Oct 3, 2016	74	81
Oct 2, 2016	73	76
Oct 1, 2016	82	86
Sept 30, 2016	85	87
Sept 29, 2016	80	87
Sept 28, 2016	87	87
Sept 27, 2016	91	90
Sept 26, 2016	77	83
Sept 25, 2016	72	69
Sept 24, 2016	72	70
Sept 23, 2016	76	76
Sept 22, 2016	70	73
Sept 21, 2016	73	76
Sept 20, 2016	72	73
Sept 19, 2016	71	70
Sept 18, 2016	75	78
Sept 17, 2016	81	82
Sept 16, 2016	85	84
Sept 15, 2016	89	80
Sept 14, 2016	91	81
Sept 13, 2016	84	71
Sept 12, 2016	83	71
Sept 11, 2016	70	68
Sept 10, 2016	76	72
Sept 9, 2016	76	81
Sept 8, 2016	76	78
Sept 6, 2016	69	73
Sept 5, 2016	70	70
Sept 4, 2016	69	78
Sept 3, 2016	69	79
Sept 2, 2016	72	78
Sept 1, 2016	64	80
Aug 31, 2016	67	83
Aug 30, 2016	68	77
Aug 29, 2016	66	71
Aug 28, 2016	68	66
Aug 27,2016	72	71
Aug 26, 2016	74	80
Aug 25, 2016	72	81
Aug 24, 2016	69	76
Aug 23, 2016	71	80
Aug 22, 2016	72	78
Aug 21, 2016	63	75
Aug 20, 2016	61	74
Aug 19, 2016	66	78
Aug 18, 2016	68	73
Aug 17, 2016	70	75
Aug 16, 2016	70	75
Aug 15, 2016	65	75
Aug 14, 2016	66	74
Aug 13, 2016	71	80
Aug 12, 2016	74	82
Aug 11, 2016	73	81
Aug 10, 2016	72	79
Aug 9, 2016	67	79
Aug 8, 2016	74	77
Aug 7, 2016	70	74
Aug 6, 2016	73	81
Aug 5, 2016	77	84
Aug 4, 2016	76	80
Aug 3, 2016	76	85
Aug 2, 2016	77	81
Aug 1, 2016	79	83
Jul 31, 2016	81	78
Jul 30, 2016	72	71
Jul 29, 2016	82	74
Jul 28, 2016	83	80
Jul 27, 2016	83	83
Jul 26, 2016	83	75
Jul 25, 2016	81	81
Jul 24, 2016	66	70
Jul 23, 2016	70	76
Jul 22, 2016	69	89
Jul 20, 2016	66	85
Jul 19, 2016	74	82
Jul 18, 2016	71	77
Jul 17, 2016	68	77
Jul 16, 2016	62	74
Jul 15, 2016	65	76
Jul 14, 2016	76	78
Jul 12, 2016	76	70
Jul 11, 2016	70	64
Jul 10, 2016	71	59
Jul 9, 2016	79	65
Jul 8, 2016	82	67
Jul 7, 2016	82	70
Jul 6, 2016	83	72
Jul 5, 2016	76	63
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Obama Job Approval

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

% Approve

	Weekly average
	%
Oct 31-Nov 6, 2016	53
Oct 24-30, 2016	54
Oct 17-23, 2016	55
Oct 10-16, 2016	54
Oct 3-9, 2016	52
Sept 26-Oct 2, 2016	53
Sept 19-25, 2016	53
Sept 12-17, 2016	52
Sept 5-11, 2016	51
Aug 29-Sept 4, 2017	52
Aug 22-28, 2016	51
Aug 15-21, 2016	51
Aug 8-14, 2016	52
Aug 1-7, 2016	52
Jul 25-31, 2016	53
Jul 18-24, 2016	49
Jul 11-17, 2016	49
Jul 4-10, 2016	51
Jun 27-Jul 3, 2016	51
Jun 20-26, 2016	50
Jun 13-19, 2016	53
Jun 6-12, 2016	53
May 30-Jun 5, 2016	51
May 23-29, 2016	52
May 16-22, 2016	51
May 9-15, 2016	51
May 2-8, 2016	52
Apr 25-May 1, 2016	51
Apr 18-24, 2016	51
Apr 11-17, 2016	48
Apr 4-10, 2016	51
Mar 28-Apr 3, 2016	51
Mar 21-27, 2016	53
Mar 14-20, 2016	50
Mar 7-13, 2016	51
Feb 29 - Mar 6, 2016	50
Feb 22-28, 2016	48
Feb 15-21, 2016	48
Feb 8-14, 2016	48
Feb 1-7, 2016	47
Jan 25-31, 2016	48
Jan 18-24, 2016	48
Jan 11-17, 2016	48
Jan 4-10, 2016	47
Gallup Daily Tracking

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Issue Priorities

Regardless of who wins the election, what single issue or challenge are you most interested in having the next president address when he or she takes office next January? [OPEN-ENDED]

	Mentioning
	%
The economy	19
Immigration	14
Healthcare/Healthcare costs/Healthcare reform	10
Defense/National Defense/Homeland security	9
Education	8
The federal deficit/The budget	7
Wages/Earning a decent wage/Decline of mdidle class	6
Jobs/Unemployment	6
Terrorism	5
May 18-22, 2016
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Most Important Problem

What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today? [OPEN-ENDED]

	%
The economy	17
Dissatisfaction with government	12
Race relations/Racisim	10
Immigration/Illegal aliens	7
Elections/Election reform	7
National security	7
Unemployment/Jobs	6
Terrorism	5
Federal budget deficit/Federal debt	4
Poor healthcare/High cost of healthcare	4
Oct 5-9, 2016
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Attention to the Presidential Campaign

How closely are you following the news about the 2016 presidential election campaign -- very closely, somewhat closely, not too closely or not at all?

% Very closely

	U.S. adults%	Republicans/Lean Rep%	Democrats/Lean Dem%
Oct 17-18, 2016	42	53	43
Sept 16-17, 2016	36	48	40
Aug 15-16, 2016	39	46	36
Jul 15-16, 2016	41	47	42
Jun 14-15, 2016	40	47	40
May 13-15, 2016	40	47	39
Apr 15-17, 2016	37	48	34
Mar 16-17, 2016	40	49	38
Feb 15-16, 2016	34	44	33
Jan 15-16, 2016	31	40	30
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Anyone Make a Good President

Is there any candidate running who you think would make a good president, or not?

% Yes

	U.S. adults%	Republicans/Lean Rep%	Democrats/Lean Dem%
Oct 17-18, 2016	58	67	71
Sept 16-17, 2016	58	59	62
Aug 15-16, 2016	54	53	63
Jul 15-16, 2016	57	60	65
Jun 14-15, 2016	63	59	71
May 13-15, 2016	63	56	77
Apr 15-17, 2016	65	68	70
Mar 16-17, 2016	68	69	78
Feb 15-16, 2016	67	70	71
Jan 15-16, 2016	66	71	69
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Election Process Working

Does the way the presidential campaign is being conducted make you feel as though the election process is working as it should, or not?

% Yes

	U.S. adults%	Republicans/Lean Rep%	Democrats/Lean Dem%
Oct 17-18, 2016	31	21	42
Sept 16-17, 2016	30	31	30
Aug 15-16, 2016	27	22	35
Jul 15-16, 2016	33	35	35
Jun 14-15, 2016	26	29	28
May 13-15, 2016	28	29	28
Apr 15-17, 2016	27	26	29
Mar 16-17, 2016	30	30	32
Feb 15-16, 2016	33	41	29
Jan 15-16, 2016	37	46	32
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Candidates Addressing the Issues

Are the presidential candidates talking about issues you really care about, or not?

% Yes

	U.S. adults%	Republicans/Lean Rep%	Democrats/Lean Dem%
Oct 17-18, 2016	48	51	53
Sept 16-17, 2016	56	62	56
Aug 15-16, 2016	58	62	62
Jul 15-16, 2016	60	70	61
Jun 14-15, 2016	62	71	61
May 13-15, 2016	60	62	66
Apr 15-18, 2016	58	64	58
Mar 16-17, 2016	59	64	62
Feb 15-16, 2016	57	68	54
Jan 15-16, 2016	58	67	56
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U.S. Satisfaction

In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?

	U.S. adults	Republicans/Lean Rep	Democrats/Lean Dem
	%	%	%
Oct 5-9, 2016	28	9	47
Sept 7-11, 2016	29	11	47
Aug 3-7, 2016	27	9	43
Jul 13-17, 2016	17	5	28
Jun 1-5, 2016	29	11	45
May 4-8, 2016	28	15	41
Apr 4-10, 2016	26	14	38
Mar 2-6, 2016	27	10	43
Feb 3-7, 2016	27	13	39
Jan 6-10, 2016	23	8	38
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Presidential Election 2016: Key Indicators

Candidates' Images

GOP Candidates' Images

Democratic Candidates' Images

Candidates' Impact Among National Adults

Obama Job Approval

Issue Priorities

Most Important Problem

Attention to the Presidential Campaign

Anyone Make a Good President

Election Process Working

Candidates Addressing the Issues

U.S. Satisfaction

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