What Went Down During The First Presidential Debate
On COVID-19, the top issue overall, respondents thought Biden would do a better job of handling iit than Trump. Biden supporters were also more likely to name it as their top issue in the first place, so his lead among that group is not altogether surprising.
On many issues, people prefer Biden
Share of people who named each issue as the most important one facing the U.S., and whether they think Trump or Biden would handle that issue better, according to a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll
| Who’s better on the issue… | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| issue | share | TRUMP | biden | ||
| COVID-19 | 31.7% | 19.5% | 78.8% | ||
| The economy | 21.6 | 79.1 | 19.6 | ||
| Health care | 7.9 | 22.0 | 76.1 | ||
| Racial inequality | 7.4 | 8.4 | 86.6 | ||
| Climate change | 5.2 | 2.6 | 96.4 | ||
| Violent crime | 4.8 | 79.3 | 17.7 | ||
| The Supreme Court | 4.5 | 50.7 | 47.8 | ||
| Economic inequality | 3.0 | 15.1 | 76.8 | ||
| Immigration | 2.8 | 70.1 | 29.9 | ||
| Education | 2.6 | 52.1 | 45.9 | ||
| Abortion | 2.3 | 96.0 | 2.1 | ||
| Gun policy | 1.9 | 66.9 | 30.3 | ||
| Other | 1.6 | 55.1 | 43.5 | ||
Biden is trying very, very hard not to say if he would get rid of the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court.
In 2017, the Senate approved a rule change that allowed Supreme Court justices to be confirmed with 51 votes rather than 60. According to a recent CNN/SSRS poll, 46 percent of Americans said they approved of the Senate rule change, while 54 percent said they disapproved. A majority (77 percent) of Republicans said they approved of the change, while a majority (79 percent) of Democrats said they disapproved.