As a result of the pandemic, about four in ten (39%) parents of school-aged children (ages 5-17) say at least one of their children fell behind academically, rising to half among parents with household incomes below $40,000 (51%) and Hispanic parents (50%), a new KFF Vaccine Monitor report shows. Among […] Read more »
‘Breaking point’: Why the red state/blue city conflict is peaking over masks
Political and population trends are colliding as the steadily escalating tension between red states and their blue cities across the Sun Belt is reaching a breaking point over the volatile issue of school masking. For more than a decade, GOP governors and Republican-controlled legislatures in states from Florida and Georgia […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Coronavirus vaccine divides voters over freedom vs. safety
Concerns about coronavirus are rising again — and the political divisions over the country’s response are stark, according to a new Fox News survey released Wednesday. The poll asks voters, when it comes to U.S. policies on COVID vaccinations, what’s more important — protecting the freedom of Americans to choose […] Read more »
Most Parents Favor Requiring Masks for Unvaccinated Children and School Staff
As schools around the country prepare to reopen, a majority of parents of school-age children say they do not want their children’s schools to require students to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to attend in person classes, the latest KFF Covid-19 Vaccine Monitor report finds. This includes most (58%) […] Read more »
The rise and fall of American confidence in its institutions
A conversation with Mohamed Younis, Gallup editor-in-chief. Here & There with Dave Marash 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 »
K-12 Parents Support Mask Mandate, Divided on Vaccines
As children in the U.S. head back to school amid another uptick in COVID-19 cases, and public health and school officials are grappling with safety measures, majorities of Americans support mask mandates in schools for unvaccinated students and teachers or staff members. They likewise think middle and high school students […] Read more »