Following the passage of a second stimulus package in December in response to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, 79% of U.S. adults say another economic assistance package will be necessary. Just 20% say another package will not be needed. The level of support for an additional package today is […] Read more »
2021: The Public’s Priorities and Expectations
Headed into 2021, COVID-19 tops the list of Americans’ priorities for government to address. Health care, in general, and economic issues continue to be high on the public’s agenda as well. Compared to prior years, Americans have more confidence in the government’s ability to make progress on many of the […] Read more »
Biden’s favorability on the rise as majority of Americans think he’s handling transition well
President-elect Joe Biden will take office Wednesday with high expectations and largely positive reviews of how he has handled the transition, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. But those rosy assessments of Biden come as negative perceptions of how things are going in the United States are […] Read more »
Americans see democracy under threat
Americans see President-elect Joe Biden taking office amid both the health crisis of the pandemic — and what they decry as a confusing vaccine rollout that is far too slow — then more broadly, they voice deep concern about the health of democracy itself. And it seems too facile to […] Read more »
Five Policy Changes on Biden’s Initial Agenda
Fortune magazine’s perceptive journalist Geoff Colvin has listed five policy changes President-elect Joe Biden will make that will be most significant for C-suite business leaders, whom he argues are going to be positive about most of these changes. But what about average Americans? That’s a nontrivial question, given that Americans’ […] Read more »
Politico-Harvard poll: Public strongly backs Biden’s demand for Covid aid
Americans just want the pandemic to be over — and President-elect Joe Biden will take office with overwhelming support for government action to make that happen. The vast majority of Americans are eager for sweeping legislation aimed at ending the nation’s health crisis and boosting the flagging economy, according to […] Read more »