Nearly a quarter of Americans say they have had trouble paying their rent or mortgage as a result of the coronavirus and the resulting economic shutdowns. … Many Americans also have financial concerns when looking ahead to the future. 28% are at least somewhat concerned that they will lose their […] Read more »
62% in U.S. Say Lives Not Yet Back to Pre-COVID Normalcy
As COVID-19 cases were surging again across the U.S. last month, more than six in 10 Americans said their lives had not returned to pre-pandemic normalcy. … Republicans are the most likely to say their lives have somewhat (59%) or completely (8%) gotten back to what they were before COVID-19. […] Read more »
The Exit Polls Show The Need To Confront COVID-19 Denial in Red America
Exit polls show that when President Trump accused Democrats of exaggerating the gravity of the COVID -19 pandemic his supporters believed him. Trump supporters showed as they voted that they don’t see COVID-19 as a very urgent problem. It leaves the Biden administration with a massive public re-education challenge in […] Read more »
More Americans Now Willing to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Americans’ willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 rebounded a bit in October, as seen in Gallup polling conducted before Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna made promising announcements about the likely effectiveness of their coronavirus vaccines. Fifty-eight percent of Americans in the latest poll say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine, up from […] Read more »
Why the coronavirus numbers are likely to keep getting worse
… The coronavirus outbreak got lost in the news shuffle during the last month because of the election. But just because the media isn’t covering the pandemic at the same level, it doesn’t mean it has gone away. In fact, we’re looking at some of the worst coronavirus numbers in […] Read more »
America is exceptional in the nature of its political divide
… The studies we’ve conducted at Pew Research Center over the past few years illustrate the increasingly stark disagreement between Democrats and Republicans on the economy, racial justice, climate change, law enforcement, international engagement and a long list of other issues. The 2020 presidential election further highlighted these deep-seated divides. […] Read more »