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 »
Positive Notes From Americans Amid the Bad News
This July Fourth, the American public has plenty to worry about. U.S. adults are dissatisfied in general with the way things are going in the country and have record-low American pride. They are worried about the coronavirus and dissatisfied with the state of race relations, and the majority have negative […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in June
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased in June, after virtually no change in May. The Index now stands at 98.1 (1985=100), up from 85.9 in May. … “Consumer Confidence partially rebounded in June but remains well below pre-pandemic levels,” said Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators at The […] Read more »
Trump’s Economic Ratings No Longer Best in Class
Americans’ views of the U.S. economy and how President Donald Trump is handling it offer both positive and negative signals regarding Trump’s reelection. Even the positive signals, however, have grown weaker since the pandemic began. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
How Americans Feel About the Country Right Now: Anxious. Hopeful.
… Nearly six months after the first case of coronavirus reached the United States, a majority of registered voters say they are anxious, exhausted and angry, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena College. Yet even as they brace themselves for months of challenges from the […] Read more »