As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise and schools, workplaces and public gathering spaces across the United States remain closed, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the coronavirus outbreak is having profound impacts on the personal lives of Americans in a variety of ways. Nearly […] Read more »
Bipartisan Support for COVID-19 Rescue Legislation
Americans’ immediate reaction to the $2.2 trillion spending package Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law late last week is positive. Seventy-seven percent of U.S. adults approve of the law designed to address the effects of the COVID-19 virus in the U.S. More than three-quarters of both Republicans […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Americans divided over government handling of coronavirus outbreak
Americans are split over how the federal government is doing at preventing the spread of coronavirus, but an increasing number say they feel prepared to handle an infection should one happen in their family, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. About half (48%) of Americans say in […] Read more »
Coronavirus response highlights deepening partisan divide
… The fierce tribalism that has characterized debates over immigration, taxes and health care is now coloring policy-making during a coronavirus outbreak that threatens countless lives and local economies across the nation. There are exceptions, but Republican leaders have been far more likely to resist the most aggressive social distancing […] Read more »
The Virus Has Transformed the 2020 Elections. Here’s How.
From the White House to the county courthouse, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended the 2020 elections. … The outbreak, which has already claimed more than 2,000 lives in the United States and well over three million jobs, has thrust the public health threat and economic downturn to the forefront […] Read more »
Uneven coronavirus spread leads to uneven partisan response
The spread of the coronavirus has not occurred evenly around the country. Urban areas, such as New York City, have been harder hit than rural locales and that difference in impacts follows some of the deep partisan political splits in the country. Democrats and Republicans seem to be experiencing the […] Read more »