Americans are sizing up the nation’s greatest challenges a bit differently this month in the aftermath of a political insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump and the national rollout of the coronavirus vaccine. Amid this backdrop, the percentage of Americans citing governmental leaders […] Read more »
A roadmap for the new Congress: From dysfunction to meaningful change
As Joe Biden assumes the presidency, there is an urgency to responding to the crises Chief of Staff Ron Klain put in a memo to the senior White House staff and the president emphasized in his inaugural address: the pandemic crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis, the ongoing […] Read more »
Why Biden’s vaccine goals are likely too modest and good politics
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that just 29% of Americans think the federal government has done an excellent or good job distributing the Covid-19 vaccine to states so far. … President Joe Biden’s administration has come under some criticism for its goal to deliver 100 million doses of the […] Read more »
Most Give Negative Assessment of Vaccine Distribution Efforts
With news reports about states lagging in their vaccine distribution efforts and concerns that the supply of available vaccines will not meet demand, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor poll (conducted January 11-18) finds two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say the federal government is doing a “fair” or “poor” job […] Read more »
The politicization of covid
After over 9 months of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States and over 400,00 lost Americans, the initial batches of the vaccine are being distributed throughout the country. But, unfortunately, not everybody will be willing to take it and one of the important reasons will have to do […] Read more »
Optimism about Covid rises slightly, but many still worry about a bumpy road ahead
As President Joe Biden begins his tenure in the White House, American voters are somewhat more optimistic than they were last fall about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, but more than 4 in 10 still believe the worst is yet to come and a majority […] Read more »