With businesses shuttered across the country in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Americans are taking an increasingly negative view of the U.S. economy as many of them start to feel the effects of economic turmoil. Many report lost jobs or income and trouble paying bills. Yet, they also remain fairly […] Read more »
Most Texas voters think coronavirus will be contained “in the next few months”
Texas voters are concerned about the coronavirus and believe it presents a serious crisis, and they are deeply worried about the economy, unemployment and the health care system. But they also think the disease could be contained enough to return daily life to normal within a few months, according to […] Read more »
Americans More Worried About Health Than Economy, Oppose Socialism
The first wave of findings from our just completed national survey of 1,000 likely voters (+/- 3.1% at 95% C.I. taken between April 16 and 20), show more fully the dramatic extent of the unprecedented change in American voter public opinion due to the coronavirus great pandemic. Coronavirus health concerns […] Read more »
Americans’ Attitudes About Reopening for Business
The U.S. is grappling with the complex tension between efforts to contain COVID-19 on the one hand and efforts to rejuvenate the nation’s economy on the other. There is not much argument about the ultimate importance of either of these goals. The tension arises from competing perspectives on the relative […] Read more »
8 in 10 Americans Favor Strict Shelter-in-Place Orders To Limit Coronavirus’ Spread
With President Trump and some Republican governors pushing to restart the nation’s economy, most of the public (80%) supports strict shelter-in-place policies to limit the coronavirus’ spread compared to just one in five (19%) who say these measures pose unnecessary burdens and cause more harm than good, the latest KFF […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump in battleground Pennsylvania
With most Pennsylvania voters concerned about catching coronavirus and nearly six-in-ten believing the Trump administration was too slow to act, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in that battleground state. Biden is preferred over Trump by 8 percentage points (50-42 percent), according to a Fox News Poll of Pennsylvania registered voters. […] Read more »