The vaccinated, across party lines, have kind of had it with the unvaccinated, an array of new polls suggests. While most state and national GOP leaders are focused on defending the rights of unvaccinated Americans, new polling shows that the large majority of vaccinated adults—including a substantial portion of Republicans—support […] Read more »
Wisconsin: Majorities of voters approve how Biden and Evers are handling coronavirus issues
A new Marquette Law School Poll of Wisconsin registered voters finds 49% approving of the job President Joe Biden is doing as president, 46% disapproving and 4% saying they don’t know. Forty-six percent approve of how Biden is handling the economy, while 48% disapprove and 6% say they don’t know. […] Read more »
When politicians lead with their emotions
Politicians often get criticized for raising their finger in the wind, and following the polls to determine what position they should take on an issue. But increasingly, the most prominent elected officials are leading with their emotions, following the passions of their base before even getting a chance to examine […] Read more »
Cuomo Out: NY-GOV Remains Likely Democratic in Rating
One of the most common questions we got around this time last year was whether there was some way for the then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, to be replaced as the nominee by… Andrew Cuomo, the three-term Democratic governor of New York who had become an omnipresent figure in […] Read more »
Republican Governors’ Conundrum
Most of the states with low vaccination rates have Republican Governors. That is because they have majority Republican constituencies who don’t like government telling them what to do. There are a lot of reasons people are not getting vaccinated. There are still some access issues and not everyone knows the […] Read more »
CDC Communication Ratings Mixed During Pandemic
U.S. views that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has clearly communicated a plan of action to deal with the coronavirus have shifted during the pandemic. Americans have been more likely to agree than disagree the CDC has communicated a clear plan at certain times, and more likely […] Read more »