The COVID-19 pandemic has caught Americans’ rapt attention. Roughly half of U.S. adults (51%) are following news about it very closely, with another 38% following it fairly closely, according to a new Pew Research Center Election News Pathways survey conducted from March 10-16, 2020. CONT. Amy Mitchell & J. Baxter […] Read more »
Don’t expect the coronavirus epidemic in the US to bring down President Trump
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House on March 15, 2020. Getty/Tasos Katopodis Alex De Waal, Tufts University The Trump administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis has been widely condemned by health experts. But if the administration’s bungling proves costly to […] Read more »
U.S. Public Sees Multiple Threats From the Coronavirus – and Concerns Are Growing
As coronavirus cases increase across the United States and federal and state governments scramble to address the crisis, 70% of Americans say the COVID-19 outbreak poses a major threat to the nation’s economy and 47% say it is a major threat to the overall health of the U.S. population. CONT. […] Read more »
U.S. Economic Confidence Slides Amid Coronavirus Situation
Americans’ economic confidence, which last month reached its highest point in almost 20 years, has been shaken in the midst of the novel coronavirus threat. The COVID-19 pandemic fueled major stock market losses in recent weeks, and Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index fell from +41 in February to +22 in March. […] Read more »
Coronavirus is a test Trump can’t pass with ideology alone
The coronavirus’ relentless spread is exposing Donald Trump to a question no president wants to hear: Is he up to the job? For supporters and opponents alike, questions about Trump’s basic competence as a manager of the federal government have taken a back seat during his presidency to the fierce […] Read more »
Trust and electability again elevate Biden
Joe Biden easily prevailed over Bernie Sanders in trust to handle a crisis and electability alike in telephone surveys in advance of Tuesday’s Democratic primary elections in Arizona, Florida and Illinois. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting the world, health care was a high-level concern. Given the pandemic, exit polls were […] Read more »