Amid record unemployment claims and the disruption of commercial activity caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, the public’s assessments of the U.S. economy have deteriorated with extraordinary speed and severity. Just 23% of Americans now rate economic conditions in the country as excellent or good, down sharply from 57% at […] Read more »
New Survey Finds Americans Suffering Health Coverage Insecurity Along with Job Losses
More than 22 million people in the U.S. have filed unemployment claims since the beginning of the coronavirus economic shutdown in March. Since most people get health insurance through their own jobs or through a spouse or parent’s job, the question is: Just how many people in the U.S. have […] Read more »
Personal Finances: Future More Concerning Than Present
Although Americans’ assessments of their current finances are not much lower than last year, 50% of Americans now say their financial situation is getting worse. This latest reading is, by one percentage point, the highest Gallup has measured in a trend stretching back two decades. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Growing Disapproval of Trump’s Handling of Economy
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,006 registered voters conducted April 15-April 20, 2020. • Ratings of how Trump is handling the pandemic continue to drop, while his economic approval is now below 50%.• Early in the crisis, Trump was seen […] Read more »
PPIC/Ipsos KnowledgePanel survey: 3 in 4 Californians Worried About Family Illness, Personal Finances during COVID-19 Pandemic
As the number of known COVID-19 cases statewide continues to grow, overwhelming majorities of Californians are worried about a family member getting sick or about their personal finances worsening due to the coronavirus. … About a half of Californians (48%) say their lives have been disrupted a lot by the […] Read more »
National Poll of Latinos Finds 35% of Households Have Experienced a Layoff as a Result of COVID-19
As the Latino community grapples with the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, including a higher rate of fatalities compared to other populations, the nation’s first in-depth poll of the Latino population in America for 2020 has found that 35% of Latino households have already experienced a job loss, while more […] Read more »