Covid-19 has taken over our lives, but it hasn’t been around for very long. Scientists have been studying it in real-time as the world collectively goes through a traumatic, world-changing event. It’s killed more than half a million people—and we don’t even know exactly where it came from. Which, on […] Read more »
E & E: The coronavirus’ impact on the economy and education in the United States
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Pallavi Gogoi, Chief Business Editor for NPR, joins the team. The topic: whether the U.S. economy is on the path to recovery. Her expertise sheds light on the unique relationship between Americans’ perceptions of health and the economy. Then, we pick up the […] Read more »
The Great Acceleration: How 2020’s Crises Are Bringing the Future Faster
Political prognostication, by Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. CONT. — pdf Read more »
Broad disapproval for Trump’s handling of coronavirus, race relations
President Donald Trump is facing broad disapproval for his management of the two major crises gripping the nation, with two-thirds of Americans giving him low marks for both his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his handling of race relations, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday. CONT. […] Read more »
Our study found little evidence that Twitter is biased against conservative opinion leaders
… Conservatives have long alleged that Twitter and Facebook have a liberal bias, complaining that Twitter mutes conservatives on its platform. But our new study of the U.S. Twitter landscape doesn’t bear this out. Instead, we found that partisan political accounts are more of a sideshow on Twitter in America. […] Read more »
Americans trust governors more than Trump on coronavirus
Americans have significantly more confidence in their governors than in President Donald Trump when it comes to handling the coronavirus, according to new data from an NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Tracking Poll. Forty-three percent of respondents approve of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, while 55 percent disapprove. That’s compared to 60 […] Read more »