As states reopen businesses, most Americans think it’s too soon to end coronavirus shutdowns, the new IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Just 15% think governors should ease social distancing rules and allow businesses to reopen by May 1. Yet governors in more than half the states are beginning to partially reopen. CONT. […] Read more »
Capturing the COVID-19 Crisis
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we dig deep into the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll about the COVD-19 pandemic. Do Americans want the U.S. economy reopened? Who is better handling the pandemic, President Donald Trump or state governors? And, what is the impact on the economy and the presidential […] Read more »
Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster
For America to minimize the damage from the current pandemic, the media must inform, science must innovate, and our government must administer like never before. Yet decades of politically-motivated attacks discrediting all three institutions, taken to a new level by President Trump, leave the American public in a vulnerable position. […] Read more »
Health Institutions Still Rated Best for COVID-19 Response
When it comes to handling the COVID-19 crisis, Americans continue to give their highest approval ratings to healthcare providers and medical experts. Most (78%) continue to approve of their state government’s handling of the crisis, but Americans give much lower ratings on handling the crisis to nationally elected officials such […] Read more »
Trump Approval Underwater, But Economic Rating Mixed
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,004 registered voters conducted April 24-April 29, 2020 and a national survey of 1,008 registered voters conducted April 27-April 30, 2020. • Americans are mixed on Trump’s ability to handle an economic recovery, but most […] Read more »
U.S. public is ‘firmly opposed’ to reopening the economy immediately
A majority of people in the U.S. want to continue physical distancing measures, even as the federal government and some state governors are pushing to reopen the economy, according to a new national survey led by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, and Rutgers. The survey, published Thursday, also reveals that more […] Read more »