WASHINGTON, D.C.-- With former Vice President Joe Biden effectively securing the 2020 Democratic nomination in early April and the COVID-19 crisis eclipsing news about the election, Americans' attention to the presidential campaign has waned.
Fifty-nine percent of U.S. adults polled April 14-28, down from 67% in mid-February, said they had given "quite a lot" of thought to the upcoming election for president.Americans' attention to the campaign is now essentially back to the level recorded from last August through mid-January, before the presidential primaries got underway.
At that time, about 60% consistently gave it quite a lot of thought.The 59% of Americans who are currently attentive to the campaign is lower than Gallup found at a