NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll

Embargoed for release Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 6:00AM

The NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll tracks voter preferences and attitudes on a weekly basis throughout
the 2016 election cycle. Results are released every Tuesday at 6:00AM and are among registered voters.
Results for the week of August 15, 2016 through August 21, 2016 are among a national sample of 17,459 registered voters (+/1.1%), 5,232 registered Republican voters (+/-2.1%) and 5,537 registered Democratic voters (+/-1.9%). Complete error estimates can
be found in the methodology section below.

TOPLINE RESULTS
Which one of the following issues matters MOST to you right now?

8/158/21
8/88/14
8/18/7
7/257/31
7/18--7/24
7/117/17
7/47/10
6/277/3
6/206/26
6/136/19
6/66/12
5/306/5
5/235/29
5/16 5/22
5/9 5/15
5/2 5/8
4/25-5/1
4/18-4/24
4/11-4/17
4/44/10
3/28 4/3
3/21 3/27
3/14 3/20
3/7 3/13
2/29 3/6
2/22 2/28
2/15 2/21
2/8 2/14
2/1 2/7
1/25 1/31
1/18 1/24
1/11 1/17
1/4 1/10
12/28-1/3

Foreign
Policy
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
5
5
4
5
5
6

The
environment
8
7
8
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
9
8
9
8
8
8
9
9
8
8
8
8

Terrorism
17
18
20
23
26
23
22
21
21
23
12
12
13
13
12
12
14
14
16
17
19
18
12
13
13
14
16
16
15
17
19
21
23
23

Immigration
8
7
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
8
7
8
7
7
7
8
7
7
7
8
7
8
7
8
8
8

Health
care
16
15
14
13
13
12
13
13
15
14
17
17
15
16
16
15
16
15
15
14
15
13
15
16
16
16
15
14
16
13
15
13
13
14

Jobs and the

Economy
32
33
32
30
28
29
29
31
28
29
37
35
36
36
35
36
33
32
32
31
32
32
36
35
35
34
33
34
32
32
33
29
28
27

Education
9
10
9
8
8
8
9
8
9
9
10
11
10
12
11
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
10
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
8
9

Other
6
5
6
6
7
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5

No
answer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
8/158/21
8/88/14
8/18/7
7/257/31
7/187/24
7/117/17
7/47/10
6/277/3
6/206/26
6/136/19
6/66/12
5/306/5
5/235/29
5/16 5/22
5/9 5/15
5/25/8
4/255/1
4/18-4/24
4/11-4/17
4/44/10
3/28 4/3
3/21 3/27
3/14 3/20
3/7 3/13
2/29 3/6
2/22 2/28
2/15 2/21
2/8 2/14
2/1 2/7
1/25 1/31
1/18 1/24
1/11 1/17
1/4 1/10
12/28 1/3

Strongly approve
31
30
32
32
28
27
27
28
30
30
29
27
27
27
28
28
27
26
28
27
28
27
27
27
27
27
26
26
27
25
26
26
23
23

Somewhat approve
21
22
21
20
21
22
22
22
22
21
22
24
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
24
24
24
23
23
23
22
24
23
22
24
22
22
25

Somewhat disapprove
12
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
14
12
12
12

In politics today, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independent?

8/158/21
8/88/14
8/18/7
7/257/31
7/18---7/24
7/117/17
7/47/10
6/277/3
6/206/26
6/136/19
6/66/12
5/306/5
5/235/29
5/165/22
5/9 5/15
5/2 - 5/8
4/25-5/1
4/18-4/24

Republican
29
28
30
30
31
29
27
28
28
28
28
29
28
29
28
32
28
28

Democrat
35
34
36
36
32
33
33
34
35
34
35
35
33
34
35
35
36
35

Independent
34
37
32
33
36
36
38
37
36
36
36
36
37
35
35
31
35
36

No answer
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1

Strongly disapprove
36
37
35
36
39
38
38
38
35
37
36
37
37
36
35
36
36
37
37
37
35
35
35
36
37
37
39
38
38
40
36
40
42
40

No answer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4/11-4/17
4/44/10
3/28 4/3
3/21 3/27
3/14 3/20
3/7 3/13
2/29 3/6
2/22 2/28
2/15 2/21
2/8 2/14
2/1 2/7
1/25 1/31
1/18 1/24
1/11 1/17
1/4 1/10
12/28 1/3

29
30
29
30
30
31
32
31
31
30
30
31
28
31
33
30

34
34
35
33
36
35
36
35
35
35
35
34
34
34
32
34

35
35
35
36
32
33
31
33
33
33
33
33
36
33
34
34

1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2

As of today, do you lean more to the Republican Party or more to the Democratic Party? [AMONG IND OR DONT KNOW FOR
PARTY]
8/158/21
8/88/14
8/18/7
7/257/31
7/187/24
7/117/17
7/47/10
6/277/3
6/206/26
6/136/19
6/66/12
5/306/5
5/235/29
5/16 5/22
5/9 5/15
5/2 5/8
4/25-5/1
4/18-4/24
4/11-4/17
4/4 4/10
3/28 4/3
3/21 3/27
3/14 3/20
3/7 3/13
2/29 3/6
2/22 2/28
2/15 2/21
2/8 2/14
2/1 2/7
1/25 1/31
1/18 1/24
1/11 1/17
1/4 1/10
12/28 1/3

Republican
Party
29
31
29
33
32
37
32
33
32
32
33
33
32
31
33
32
32
35
33
33
31
31
31
31
32
34
38
34
35
34
33
36
36
37

Democratic
Party
26
27
29
27
26
26
26
26
29
28
28
26
28
29
28
32
27
27
30
28
29
28
28
27
29
28
28
28
30
26
27
26
26
24

Neither
43
39
40
38
39
34
39
37
36
36
36
37
37
37
36
35
38
35
34
35
38
37
39
41
36
36
33
35
33
37
39
37
36
37

No answer
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
3
3
4
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
1

If the 2016 presidential election were being held today among the following candidates, for whom would you vote?

8/158/21
8/88/14
8/18/7
7/257/31
7/187/24
7/117/17
7/47/10
6/277/3
6/206/26
6/136/19
6/66/12
5/306/5
5/235/29
5/16 5/22
5/9 5/15
5/2 5/8

Hillary Clinton,
the Democrat
50
50
51
50
46
46
47
48
49
48
49
48
47
47
48
49

Donald Trump,
the Republican
42
41
41
42
45
45
44
43
41
42
42
44
45
43
45
44

No
answer
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
9
10
10
9
9
8
9
7
7

If the 2016 presidential election were being held today among the following candidates for whom would you vote?

8/158/21
8/88/14
8/18/7
7/257/31
7/187/24
7/117/17
7/47/10
6/277/3
6/206/26
6/136/19
6/66/12
6/26/5

Donald
Trump, the
Republican
38
37
38
38
41
40
38
38
36
38
38
40

Hillary
Clinton, the
Democrat
43
43
44
43
39
39
40
41
42
42
42
39

Gary
Johnson,
the
Libertarian
11
11
10
9
10
10
11
9
9
9
9
9

Jill Stein,
the
Green
Party
5
4
4
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
4

No
answer
4
5
4
5
6
7
6
6
7
7
6
8

Do you expect life for the next generation of Americans to be:

8/158/21

Better than
life today
21

Worse than
life today
52

About the
same
27

No
answer
1

Do you think race relations in the United States are getting better, getting worse, or saying about the same?

8/158/21

Getting
better
10

Getting
worse
65

Staying about
the same
24

No
answer
1

Do you support or oppose stricter gun control laws in the United States?

8/158/21

Strongly support
35

Support somewhat
21

Oppose somewhat
15

Oppose strongly
28

No answer
1

Which of the following is closer to your opinion, even if neither is exactly right?

8/158/21

Society has reached the point where

women and men have equal
opportunities for achievement
43

Society has not reached the point

where women and men have equal
opportunities for achievement
55

No answer
2

METHODOLOGY
The NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking data for the week of August 15, 2016 through August 21, 2016 was conducted online
among a national sample of 17,459 adults aged 18 and over who say they are registered to vote. Respondents for this survey were selected from
the nearly three million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day. Data for this week has been weighted for age, race,
sex, education, region, and voter registration status using the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey to reflect
the demographic composition of the United States. An additional smoothing parameter for ideology based on previous Election Tracking interviews
is included. The smoothing parameter was derived from aggregated data on ideology by region collected from previous weeks (May 1-June 26) of
the Weekly Election Tracking poll.
Because the sample is based on those who initially self-selected for participation rather than a probability sample, no estimates of sampling error
can be calculated. All surveys may be subject to multiple sources of error, including, but not limited to sampling error, coverage error, and
measurement error.
To assess the variability in the estimates and account for design effects, we create a bootstrap confidence interval to produce an error estimate.
The bootstrap confidence interval for this survey is plus or minus 1.1 percentage point for registered voters.
To calculate the bootstrap confidence interval we use the weighted data to generate 5000 independent samples and calculate the 95% confidence
intervals for the weighted average. When analyzing the survey results and their accuracy, this error estimate should be taken into consideration in
much the same way that analysis of probability polls takes into account the margin of sampling error.
Group
Total RVs

Unweighted N
17,459

Plus or minus
1.1

Republican RVs
Democrat RVs
Independent RVs

5,232
5,537
6,447

2.1
1.9
1.9

Male
Female

8,373
9,086

1.5
1.6

18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+

790
1,748
2,384
3,839
4,745
3,953

4.8
3.3
3.0
2.4
2.2
2.3

White
Black
Hispanic
Other

14,155
1,182
860
1,262

1.2
4.0
4.9
4.4