Voter Survey: U.S. Is On Wrong Track, COVID-19 Not Under Control

A poll worker (right) waits while a woman votes Tuesday at the National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Mo.

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Almost two-thirds of Americans say the country is on the wrong track, a majority disapprove of the job President Trump is doing and more than half do not think the COVID-19 pandemic is under control, according to early data from AP VoteCast.

VoteCast is not an exit poll. It is a massive set of pre-election polls that runs up through when voting closes Tuesday. VoteCast is conducted nationally and in key states and surveys some 140,000 voters. By comparison, a statistically significant and rigorously conducted national poll typically surveys about 1,000 people. We will be updating with results through the night.

Just 37% of Americans said the country is on the right track, while 63% said it’s off on the wrong track, according to the data.