56% of Americans say they're better off now than in 2016 according to Gallup. WHAT???

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19. 'Three issues have dominated public discussion this year as the country fell into a pandemic

followed by a recession and experienced a seminal moment in race relations after the death of George Floyd in May. As such, candidates' positioning on the economy, race relations and the coronavirus all rank fairly high in importance to Americans' vote this year among 16 issues asked about. Two of these issues -- the coronavirus response and race relations -- show significant gender differences in stated importance. The economy is more of a universal concern.

Women are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, and thus differences in views on the issues by gender will reflect these underlying partisan distinctions. One way to see past this is to review gender differences within each party group.

Here we do just that, based on Gallup's Sept. 14-28 national poll.'>>>