Voters in Rhode Island made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country’s direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

The race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden concluded Tuesday as the nation remains in the throes of a global public health crisis and mired in the economic downturn it brought on. AP VoteCast found that 32% of Rhode Island voters said the U.S. is on the right track and 68% of voters said it is headed in the wrong direction.

Here’s a snapshot of who voted and what matters to them, based on preliminary results from AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of about 132,000 voters and nonvoters — including 374 voters and 89 nonvoters in Rhode Island — conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.

FACING THE PANDEMIC

The coronavirus pandemic has spread through the U.S. for roughly eight months, killing more than 230,000 Americans. Overall, 14% of voters said the virus in the U.S. is completely or mostly under control, and 26% said it’s somewhat under control. Fifty-nine percent of voters think the coronavirus is not at all under control in this country.

ON THE ISSUES

The coronavirus pandemic was top of mind for many voters in Rhode Island. Forty-eight percent said it is the most important issue facing the country today.

Voters also considered the economy a major issue, with 26% saying it ranked at the top.

Nine percent named health care, 8% named racism and 3% named immigration.

NATIONAL ECONOMY

Voters were more negative than positive in their assessments of the nation’s economy. Overall, 34% described economic conditions in the U.S. as excellent or good, and 66% called them not so good or poor.

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AP created this story automatically using results from AP VoteCast, a survey of the American electorate conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for Fox News, NPR, PBS NewsHour, Univision News, USA Today Network, The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press. The survey of 374 voters in Rhode Island was conducted for eight days, concluding as polls closed. Interviews in English and Spanish with self-identified registered voters selected from nonprobability online panels are calibrated with interviews of randomly sampled registered voters nationwide. The margin of sampling error for voters is estimated to be plus or minus 6.2 percentage points. Find more details about AP VoteCast’s methodology at https://ap.org/votecast.

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