We often describe America as existing in a split reality, with public opinion divided neatly along partisan lines. Yet as our polling data reveals, where Americans get their information can be just as determinative of where they stand on the pandemic as partisanship. Naturally, there’s a strong overlap between what […] Read more »
From liberal San Francisco, school board recall is a three-alarm warning for Democrats
San Francisco is quite familiar with earthquakes, and what happened Tuesday — the ouster of three extreme lefties from the Board of Education — was not one of those. Earthquakes are sudden and unexpected. The result of Tuesday’s recall was neither. The removal of board members Gabriela López, Faauuga Moliga […] Read more »
Are Americans ready for a return to pre-pandemic normal? Depends on what ‘normal’ means.
Most Americans are weary of Covid-19, recent polling shows, but there’s less consensus over how that exhaustion should translate into policy. Public opinion, these surveys suggest, isn’t a struggle between two clearly defined opposing camps — one favoring an immediate and total lifting of Covid precautions and the other a […] Read more »
Public’s Top Priority for 2022: Strengthening the Nation’s Economy
As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third year, more Americans view strengthening the U.S. economy as a top policy priority than say the same about dealing with COVID-19. This marks a shift from last year, when the economy and the coronavirus both topped the public’s policy agenda. … As in […] Read more »
Washington, D.C.: About 3 in 4 residents support vaccine rules Bowser just rescinded, poll finds
About three-quarters of D.C. residents support the city’s vaccine requirement to enter certain businesses, a policy that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ended Tuesday. The citywide Washington Post poll finds 74 percent of residents support D.C.’s requirement to show proof of vaccination before going inside restaurants, gyms, concert venues and […] Read more »
How restrictions on teaching about race and sexual orientation have ‘hijacked’ parents’ concerns about Covid
The pressures of the coronavirus pandemic are reconfiguring the politics of education, dividing Democrats and creating new openings for Republicans. Both sides of that equation will be on display Tuesday in a recall election for three school board members in San Francisco, one of the nation’s most liberal cities. The […] Read more »