Americans’ support for the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has increased to a record-tying high of 55% after averaging 51% from 2017 through 2019. The act was less popular when President Barack Obama was in office, averaging 44% and never reaching 50%. CONTINUED Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup […] Read more »
Americans’ Mental Health Ratings Sink to New Low
Americans’ latest assessment of their mental health is worse than it has been at any point in the last two decades. Seventy-six percent of U.S. adults rate their mental health positively, representing a nine-point decline from 2019. CONTINUED Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Ticks Up to 63% in U.S.
With two COVID-19 vaccines now in the final stages of approval for use in the U.S., 63% of Americans say they are willing to be immunized against the disease. The public’s willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has nearly rebounded to the […] Read more »
Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases
As vaccines for the coronavirus enter review for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the share of Americans who say they plan to get vaccinated has increased as the public has grown more confident that the development process will deliver a safe and effective vaccine. Still, the […] Read more »
Record in U.S. Name COVID-19 as Most Urgent Health Problem
Sixty-nine percent of Americans name COVID-19 specifically, or “viruses” generally, as the most urgent health problem facing the United States, a higher percentage than Gallup has measured for any issue in its trend. The prior high was 62% mentioning AIDS in 1987, the first year Gallup asked the question. CONTINUED […] Read more »
Trajectory of COVID-19-related behaviors for all 50 states
The current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is dire, with circumstances in the Upper Midwest particularly grim. In contrast, multiple countries around the world have shown that temporary changes in human behavior and consistent precautions, such as effective testing, contact tracing, and isolation, can slow transmission […] Read more »