In an era when hardly anything feels nonpartisan, the coronavirus was starting to look like a consensus issue. … But this week, a rash of well-organized protests against state restrictions broke out — a jolting reminder that not everyone is on board with the new, government-mandated limits on public assembly […] Read more »
American Public Responses to COVID-19: Stopping the epidemic versus stopping the economic decline
Drawing on a scientific national survey (N = 3,933; including 3,188 registered voters), this report describes Americans’ coronavirus knowledge, attitudes, vulnerabilities, protective behaviors, and communication needs in an effort to inform the public health community, policymakers, and the public. … More than eight in ten Americans say stopping the spread […] Read more »
Trump ratings fall, while governors retain high levels of support
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,011 registered voters conducted April 13-April 16, 2020. • Ratings of Trump’s overall performance and handling of the pandemic have fallen to lows in our daily tracking, while governors retain high levels of support.• Although […] Read more »
Global job approval ratings for government handling of COVID-19 continue to trend down
This is the fifth in a series of weekly papers from GQR summarizing and analyzing available data on global opinion on COVID-19, with a particular focus on the political implications of global opinion linked to the pandemic. … • Despite some mixed data, global public concern about the virus continues […] Read more »
Navigating the ‘infodemic’: how people in six countries access and rate news and information about coronavirus
In this report, we use survey data collected in late March and early April 2020 to document and understand how people in six countries (Argentina, Germany, South Korea, Spain, the UK, and the US) accessed news and information about COVID-19 in the early stages of the global pandemic, how they […] Read more »
Data for Progress: Voters Are Extremely Worried About Coronavirus
• The overwhelming majority of voters are alarmed about the coronavirus crisis and for all twelve items we tested, at least 78 percent of voters report being either very, somewhat, or a little concerned.• Voters are most concerned about the lack of adequate coronavirus testing with 50 percent reporting that […] Read more »