Former Vice President Joe Biden holds an 11-point lead over President Donald Trump one week before the election, but the CNBC All-America Economic Survey shows the race could tighten. Biden leads Trump by 51% to 40%, a 2-point increase from the June poll and 6 points better than in April. […] Read more »
Trump Job Rating Steady; National Satisfaction Weak but Improved
President Donald Trump’s job approval is steady at 43%, while Americans’ ratings of the state of the nation and the U.S. economy are slightly improved from September. The Sept. 30-Oct. 15 Gallup poll finds 43% of Americans approving and 55% disapproving of the job Trump is doing as president, matching […] Read more »
Trump has made Americans’ lives worse. Here’s the proof.
Donald Trump’s America is one sad place. We, as a nation, have fallen into a great depression, though not necessarily an economic one. By one highly respected gauge, self-reported levels of happiness are at their lowest since social scientists began asking such questions half a century ago. Much of this […] Read more »
Economic Ratings Slightly Better; U.S. Mood Unchanged
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is -10 this month, up slightly from -16 in August. From a longer-term perspective, confidence has improved substantially from a recent low of -33 in April amid national economic shutdowns to contain the spread of the coronavirus. … Americans’ satisfaction with the state of the nation […] Read more »
Oregon: Joe Biden leads by 12 points
From September 3 to 8, 2020, DHM Research conducted a survey of Oregon voters. The purpose of the survey was to assess values and beliefs related to the presidential election, ongoing protests across the country and in Portland, and COVID-19. … Biden leads Trump 51% to 39%, a 12-point margin. […] Read more »
Pandemic Financially Imperils Nearly Half Of American Households
Cynthia Maclin cannot get out of bed most days. Chronic lung disease leaves her short of breath and ended her 45-year career as a medical administrator. COVID-19 cases are on the rise in her hometown of Chicago, and Maclin has already lost eight friends and family members to the virus, […] Read more »