On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Pallavi Gogoi, Chief Business Editor for NPR, joins the team. The topic: whether the U.S. economy is on the path to recovery. Her expertise sheds light on the unique relationship between Americans’ perceptions of health and the economy. Then, we pick up the […] Read more »
Broad disapproval for Trump’s handling of coronavirus, race relations
President Donald Trump is facing broad disapproval for his management of the two major crises gripping the nation, with two-thirds of Americans giving him low marks for both his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his handling of race relations, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday. CONT. […] Read more »
Americans trust governors more than Trump on coronavirus
Americans have significantly more confidence in their governors than in President Donald Trump when it comes to handling the coronavirus, according to new data from an NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Tracking Poll. Forty-three percent of respondents approve of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, while 55 percent disapprove. That’s compared to 60 […] Read more »
Warning signs flash for Trump in Wisconsin as pandemic response fuels disapproval
… Although the general election is still months away, interviews with a number of Wisconsin voters, current and former lawmakers, party officials, political strategists, pollsters, politics watchers and union officials paint a picture of a critical battleground slipping from the president’s grasp. Despite middle-of-the-pack COVID-19 infection and death rates and […] Read more »
Masks, the economy, and the president’s poll numbers
538’s Nate Silver on whether or not masks are the best way to reopen the economy. This Week, ABC News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
Summer of coronavirus: Out with planes, in with rural getaways
As the coronavirus pandemic has upended air and car travel, the winners so far are: short-term vacation rentals such as Airbnb and some rural communities. The summer of 2020 turns out to be the summer of COVID-19 and as vacation time begins in earnest that is likely to have some […] Read more »