Half of the Public Would Likely Get an Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Offered Like a Flu Shot

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More than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, about half (53%) the public says they would likely get an annual COVID-19 vaccine if offered similar to an annual flu shot, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor finds. This includes about a third (32%) who would be “very likely” to do so.

The findings provide a window into the potential uptake of an annual COVID-19 vaccine, which the Food and Drug Administration has raised as a potential option to provide future protection from the virus.

Larger shares of people who typically get an annual flu shot (76%) say they are likely to get an annual COVID-19 vaccine than those who don’t normally get a flu shot (26%). Not surprisingly, the vast majority (81%) of people who are already vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 say they would be likely to get an annual shot. CONTINUED

Kaiser Family Foundation

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Nearly Half in South Recently Affected by Extreme Weather

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One-third of Americans say they have personally experienced an extreme weather event in the past two years, including nearly half of Southern residents. Those living in the Midwest are least likely to have been affected by extreme weather. …

Nearly every March since 2012, Gallup has asked Americans to report on the temperatures in their area during the winter season. This year, 42% say temperatures were warmer than usual, while 27% say they were colder and 31% about the same. CONTINUED

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup

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No Labels is considering a dangerous game

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You might have missed it amid all the hubbub about former President Donald Trump’s indictment, but news broke this weekend that the organization No Labels is considering running a third party “moderate” candidate for president in 2024. …

What’s stunning to me about the No Labels bid is that they are basing a massive risk – a third party could help put Trump back in the White House if he is the Republican nominee by drawing votes from President Joe Biden – on a terrible misreading of their own polling data.

To be clear, I do not have their polls, I only have the published details they provided to The Washington Post. But I have worked on this problem before in various capacities, and I don’t see anything new in the No Labels pitch. Their argument has four points as articulated in The Post’s article. None survive close scrutiny. CONTINUED

Natalie Jackson, Herding Cats & Polls

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Why Trump is still favored for the GOP nomination, despite his indictment

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Donald Trump is the first former president to be indicted. Given that move by a New York grand jury and the other high-profile criminal cases involving Trump, you might think his political fortunes are endangered. But many Republican officials seem hesitant to attack the former president (instead turning on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the charges), and betting markets still favor Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024.

So what’s going on? We’re in an obviously unprecedented situation, and the political reality can change post-indictment. Still, Republicans and bettors are likely reacting to three facts:

  1. Trump’s polling lead in the 2024 Republican primary has grown over the last month as an indictment loomed.
  2. Most Republicans think all the different Trump probes are motivated by politics.
  3. A majority of Trump supporters aren’t overly concerned about his electability among general election voters. CONTINUED

Harry Enten, CNN

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Half of Americans say Trump charges are serious

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In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges related to a payment of hush money to an adult film actress, half of Americans view the charges as serious, and nearly as many feel that Trump should be charged with a crime, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows. Around half also feel that Trump should be charged for a crime for his actions related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for his efforts to change the 2020 election results. However, roughly one in three say he should not be charged and one in five remain undecided on these questions, and many see these actions as politically motivated, demonstrating how American public opinion may not yet be fully formed on the topic. CONTINUED

Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall & Tyler Ivey, Ipsos

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Plurality of the public supports Trump indictment

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A plurality of Americans think former President Donald Trump should have been charged by a Manhattan grand jury with a history-making indictment, yet a near equal amount believe that the charges against him are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.

According to the poll, 45% think Trump should have been charged with a crime in this case, whereas 32% don’t think so and 23% say they don’t know. Democrats are, unsurprisingly, rallying behind the grand jury’s decision. CONTINUED

Brittany Shepherd, ABC News

See also: ABC News’ Rick Klein breaks down the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll on “This Week.”

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