Fox News Poll: Voters split on congressional election

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Are Democrats or Republicans better positioned to address voter concerns in this year’s congressional elections? Depends on the issue. A Fox News national survey asks voters which party would do a better job on 14 issues. Voters split the list between Democrats and Republicans.

They believe Democrats can better handle climate change (+22 points), racism (+20), health care (+16), bringing the country together (+9), coronavirus (+9) and education (+7). Republicans are preferred on national security (+16 points), border security (+16), crime (+15), the economy (+15), immigration (+15), the federal deficit (+13) and taxes (+11). CONTINUED

Dana Blanton, Fox News

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On Covid, Americans can be stingy with their trust

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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought more than 20 months of uncertainty. And through the mask mandates and vaccine debates, Americans have developed a complicated and somewhat surprising set of voices they trust on the virus, according to the latest NBC News poll.

The poll asked a simple question, “In general, do you trust what _ has said about the coronavirus or not?” and then subbed in a series of possibilities into that blank space.

Through all the names and groups mentioned, one thing jumps out in the data: Americans seem more likely to trust people they know directly or people with whom they have direct contact. For instance, the group that ranked most highly in the poll on this question was “your employer.” CONTINUED

Dante Chinni, NBC News

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NBC News Poll: ‘Downhill,’ ‘divisive’: Americans sour on nation’s direction

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Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, that their household income is falling behind the cost of living, that political polarization will only continue and that there’s a real threat to the nation’s democracy and majority rule.

What’s more, the nation’s top politicians and political parties are more unpopular than popular, and interest in the upcoming November midterms is down — not up. And when Americans were asked to describe where they believe America is today, the top answers were “downhill,” “divisive,” “negative,” “struggling,” “lost” and “bad.” CONTINUED

Mark Murray, NBC News

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How Americans think Joe Biden has done on their most important priorities after one year

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President Joe Biden entered office promising to end the Covid-19 pandemic, boost a lagging economy, get Americans back to work, restore US credibility abroad and heal a divided nation. After one year, the reviews from the American people in public polling on those topics, in many cases, have not been kind.

Biden won’t face the voters again until 2024, the ultimate judgment on what the American people think of the job he’s done in office. But to get a benchmark on how Americans are feeling on the issues closest to them, CNN analyzed recent polling in subject areas that were the most important to Americans in January 2021, when Biden took office. CONTINUED

Maegan Vazquez, CNN

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An economic muddle

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Inflation rose to 7% last month, highs last seen in 1982. This has markets on edge and consumers far less bullish than they were in summer 2021, before the fallout from the Delta and Omicron variants.

Yet the overall picture is one of mixed signals. Right now, consumer outlook is still depressed relative to pre-pandemic levels, while optimism about the future of the economy is tracking downwards. At the same time, we’ve not yet seen as steep as reversal as we did in early 2020, although some groups are more confident than others.

That’s because the economic rebound, such as it is, hasn’t reached everyone equally. Below, a closer look at current economic sentiment in the US. CONTINUED

Clifford Young & Catherine Morris, Ipsos

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Fox News Poll: While majority still supports Roe, opposition ticks up to new high

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Support for toppling Roe v. Wade is at a new high, according to a Fox News poll of registered voters released Friday, yet twice as many voters still want it to stand. On the eve of the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 31 percent want to see the Supreme Court overturn the landmark abortion case, up slightly from 28 percent in September. …

Sixty-three percent prefer to let the landmark case stand, down slightly from 65 percent four months ago. Almost half of Republicans want the case to stand (48 percent) along with about seven in ten Democrats (72 percent) and independents (73 percent). CONTINUED

Victoria Balara, Fox News

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