The next big school supply? Moderna and Pfizer

Thus far, the coronavirus vaccine has only been available to children ages 12 and up — but voters want to change that. Vaccinating children ages 5-11 would help ensure that our classrooms are safe for both teachers and students, and Pfizer and BioNTech released a statement last month stating their vaccine is effective at protecting younger children from the virus.

Our polling finds that voters support vaccinating children aged 5-11 by a +28-point margin — including 81 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of Independents, and nearly two-fifths of Republicans.

 

Even Republicans Love Labor Strikes

In recent weeks, thousands of workers — including workers at Kellogg’s, Nabisco and John Deere — have gone on strike to demand the pay, benefits, and working conditions they deserve. And our polling — covered in a great Huffington Post piece earlier this week — shows that voters are loving “Striketober.” Seventy-four percent of voters, including 72 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Independents, back the strikes.

As DFP senior analyst Ethan Winter told HuffPost: “The fact that we now see a bipartisan majority of voters who are backing workers agitating for better pay, benefits and working conditions, I think it’s reflective of the sea change the coronavirus pandemic has brought about.”


Survey of the South 

The issues Southern voters face are a lot like those of the rest of the nation. In our latest poll with Groundwork Collaborative and the Southern Economic Advancement Project, we find that voters in 12 Southern states support investments in health care and community service. We also find that the pandemic-related economic crisis and climate change have had a negative impact on workers and families throughout the South.

Southern voters are notably concerned about climate change and say that extreme weather events have gotten more frequent — a reminder that the climate crisis in regions such as the Gulf are intensifying.

McAuliffe Leads in Virginia

On Tuesday, November 2nd, Virginia voters will decide who their next Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and State House Representatives will be. The Gubernatorial race especially has gathered a lot of attention, and we recently released new polling showing the Democratic candidate in the lead. 

We find that Democrat Terry McAuliffe is leading the Gubernatorial race by a +5-point margin, with 50 percent of voters supporting his candidacy. Democrat Hala Ayala also leads in the race for Lieutenant Governor by a +5-point margin. In State House races, voters favor the Democratic candidates by a +4-point margin. Additionally, our polling finds that Virginia voters have much higher favorability ratings of both McAuliffe and Ayala than their Republican counterparts.