This national poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted between March 17 to 22, shows that it’s not getting better for President Biden and it could get worse. Only 29% say that the United States is headed in the right direction. This is the lowest level we polled on this question […] Read more »
Shifting Support for Some, But Not All, Covid Mandates
Support for Covid-19 face-mask and social distancing guidelines has dropped from half of the public to just a third in the past two months as a large majority of Americans endorse the C.D.C. relaxing its recommendations. At the same time, a little under half of the public backs workplace vaccine […] Read more »
Republicans are winning the culture wars
… Progressive Democrats have staked out ideological territory on cultural flashpoints ranging from race and gender to affirmative action, crime and policing, education, and COVID restrictions that are out of the political mainstream. Some of these fights, like the battle over inclusive language (like the much-discussed debate over Latinx) end […] Read more »
Biden’s job approval falls to lowest level of his presidency amid war and inflation fears
Amid Europe’s largest land war since World War II, 7 in 10 Americans expressed low confidence in President Joe Biden’s ability to deal with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a new NBC News poll, and 8 in 10 voiced worry that the war will increase gas prices and possibly involve […] Read more »
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years
… Five recent surveys have indicated strong support for President Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Jackson for the Supreme Court seat retiring Justice Stephen Breyer is vacating. According to an average of polls by Gallup, Fox, Monmouth University, Quinnipiac University and the Pew Research Center, about 53% of Americans supported […] Read more »
Post-COVID interregnum
… At this time last year, there was more hope for a clear-cut return to normal once we were no longer living by COVID’s rules. Delta and Omicron changed that calculus. Today, the addition of inflation to the mix makes for an even more volatile situation. Looking ahead, expect sentiment […] Read more »