African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic. CONT. Kat Stafford & Hannah Fingerhut, […] Read more »
White evangelicals think Trump is divinely ordained. He’ll do almost anything to keep it that way
Donald Trump’s reelection chances are quite dim without the robust support of his white evangelical base. His electoral college win in 2016 was fueled by white evangelical turnout and the overwhelming number of white evangelicals — 81% — who pulled the lever for him. He cannot afford for the religious […] Read more »
Faced With Crisis and Re-election, Senate Republicans Blame China
… Neil Newhouse, a leading Republican pollster, said that both private and public polling indicated that Americans, regardless of political affiliation, had markedly negative feelings toward China over issues including trade and technology theft. “It becomes an easy punching bag for politicians, both Republicans and Democrats,” he said in an […] Read more »
Poll Hub: The State of the Nation
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the nation faces a time of chaos and crisis. How do Americans perceive the history-making events confronting the nation? We analyze the data. Then, it’s a common refrain. President Donald Trump has a problem with a poll. Is the criticism warranted? We break […] Read more »
Social, Economic, Health Impacts Persist as Americans Grapple with Convergence of Pandemic and Civil Unrest
American households continue to experience hardships and implement behavioral changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though some indicators suggest modest economic improvement over the past month. Compared to late-April and early-May, results from the COVID Impact Survey’s third week of data collection (June 1-8, 2020) provide some indications of growing […] Read more »
64% of Americans oppose ‘defund the police’ movement, key goals
Strong majorities of Americans oppose the movement to “defund the police” and some of its most significant goals, specifically reshuffling funding away from law enforcement to support mental health, housing and education programs, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday finds. CONT. Kendall Karson, ABC News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is […] Read more »