This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,009 registered voters conducted May 7-May 12, 2020, and a combined dataset of 1,683 registered voters conducted May 4-May 11, 2020. • Over the past two months, Trump’s approval rating on handling the coronavirus pandemic […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Most Americans would be uncomfortable returning to regular routines today
Most Americans say they would be uncomfortable returning to their regular routines today, even as they are increasingly leaving their homes to visit others, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The 58% who say they are not comfortable returning to their routines today is similar to the […] Read more »
Most Americans Say Federal Government Has Primary Responsibility for COVID-19 Testing
As a growing number of states ease stay-at-home restrictions imposed in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a majority of Americans (61%) say it is primarily the federal government’s responsibility to make sure there are enough COVID-19 tests in order to safely lift the restrictions. … Since late […] Read more »
Worsening Economic Numbers Belied By Irrational Exuberance
… Partisanship drives irrational exuberance. Whether (or not) you believe in a fast recovery depends on your political stripes. Indeed, 58% of Republicans believe that there will be a fast recovery, while only 32% of Democrats think the same. CONT. Clifford Young, Ipsos The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown […] Read more »
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index: Biggest Drop in Personal Finance Ratings Since August 2012
Americans’ ratings of their personal finances sustained their largest one-week drop in seven years this week as the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index lengthened its steepest downturn on record.CONT. – pdf Langer Research Associates The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. […] Read more »
Pandemic especially tough on people of color
People of color have not only been hit harder by the deadly coronavirus than have Americans overall, but they’re also bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s financial impact, according to a recent survey from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The financial picture is especially grim for […] Read more »