For weeks, President Trump has insisted that the economy must reopen, hailing the states choosing to relax coronavirus restrictions “safely and quickly” and arguing that the United States is defeating the pandemic. Around the country, protesters are showing up — sometimes armed — at state capitols or around local businesses […] Read more »
Why GOP can’t reopen the economy without Democratic buy-in
From President Donald Trump through Republican governors and state legislatures, the GOP is coalescing around a position of reopening the economy as quickly as possible despite concerns about seeding a wider spread of the coronavirus. … The daunting equation facing Trump and Republican governors is that no matter how many […] Read more »
National Mood Shows Little Improvement in May
As the coronavirus continues to disrupt and distort ordinary life — everything from the way people work, shop and attend school, to the way they vote and interact with loved ones — Americans’ satisfaction with the direction of the country remains subdued. Just under a third of Americans, 32%, now […] Read more »
As job losses mount, one industry bears the brunt of slowdown
The economic impacts of COVID-19 become more apparent with each new set of job and sales figures, but the pain is not spread evenly. Some industries have taken much harder hits than others, leaving many people insulated from the worst impacts — at least for now. The past week’s unemployment […] Read more »
Anti-Mask Republicans Least Likely to Want Vaccine
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,011 registered voters conducted May 12-May 15, 2020. • The share of Americans who believe the “worst is yet to come” continues to tick back up, as a second wave of infection and an economic […] Read more »
How California is Preparing for the General Election During the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a serious toll on not only our health, but on the economic well-being of cities and states across the country. As leaders grapple with how best protect the health of their constituents in addition to mitigating the economic fall out caused by stay-at-home orders, preparation […] Read more »