A special wave of the Financial Trust Index (FTI), which captures the level of trust that Americans have in institutions, shows a high level of compliance with the social-distance guidelines and the stay-at-home orders. The survey is administered by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Northwestern University’s […] Read more »
Growing Disapproval of Trump’s Handling of Economy
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,006 registered voters conducted April 15-April 20, 2020. • Ratings of how Trump is handling the pandemic continue to drop, while his economic approval is now below 50%.• Early in the crisis, Trump was seen […] Read more »
COVID-19 Quickly Becomes Most Important U.S. Problem
The novel coronavirus has quickly surged to the top of the list of most important problems facing the U.S., surpassing government, which has consistently held the top spot with few exceptions since early 2017. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
What Is Motivating The COVID-19 Protests?
Over the past week, protests against COVID-19 mitigation measures have popped up in state capitals around the country. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses what’s motivating the protests, as well as President Trump’s support for them. The team also weighs the electoral pros and cons […] Read more »
Trump Exceptionalism
A few weeks ago, as the president received some of the highest marks of his presidency, we wrote about a “Trump bump.” Over the past few weeks, that bump has turned into a fairly distinct slump, as President Trump’s approval ratings returned to where they were before the pandemic began. […] Read more »
PPIC/Ipsos KnowledgePanel survey: 3 in 4 Californians Worried About Family Illness, Personal Finances during COVID-19 Pandemic
As the number of known COVID-19 cases statewide continues to grow, overwhelming majorities of Californians are worried about a family member getting sick or about their personal finances worsening due to the coronavirus. … About a half of Californians (48%) say their lives have been disrupted a lot by the […] Read more »