In the biggest week of news in the 2020 presidential campaign, one story dominated like no other: President Donald Trump contracting coronavirus. According to The Breakthrough, a project from CNN, SSRS, the University of Michigan and Georgetown University tracking Americans’ recall of news about each of the presidential candidates, no […] Read more »
Majority Trust Biden to Lead Healthcare System Amid COVID-19
By a 52% to 39% margin, Americans trust Joe Biden over Donald Trump to lead the U.S. healthcare system most efficiently amid COVID-19. These data are based on a new study conducted by West Health and Gallup in the two days immediately following the first presidential debate, but before President […] Read more »
Mask Use Linked to More Accurate Perceptions of COVID-19
Despite ongoing debate over the politicization of face mask use, the vast majority of Americans — 80% — now say they would be highly likely to wear a mask tomorrow if they were out of their house and in an indoor space. Democrats are somewhat more likely than Republicans, 87% […] Read more »
Most Americans say Trump acted irresponsibly and distrust White House on his health
Two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS in the days following the announcement that the President had contracted the virus that has disrupted everyday life for millions of people for […] Read more »
Economy Tops Voters’ List of Key Election Issues
As the nation remains in a pandemic-induced recession, U.S. registered voters say the economy is the most important issue of 16 that may potentially affect their choice for president. Nearly nine in 10 registered voters consider the presidential candidates’ positions on the economy “extremely” (44%) or “very” (45%) important to […] Read more »
Voters don’t trust President Trump and the White House to be honest about the president’s health
Registered voters are skeptical about information coming from the executive branch as President Donald Trump undergoes treatment for COVID-19 — a doubt that began nearly as soon as the president announced his diagnosis on Friday. CONT. Linley Sanders, YouGov The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll […] Read more »