Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available and to engage in behaviors such as mask-wearing that can prevent its spread, according to researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. In […] Read more »
Majority of Americans report no confidence in Trump to confirm vaccine safety, effectiveness
As President Donald Trump continues to tout the progress of coronavirus vaccine development, going so far this week as to promise delivery to everyone in the U.S. by next spring, a majority of Americans report having no confidence at all in him to confirm the safety of a potential inoculation, […] Read more »
Biden Maintains Lead Over Trump With Likely Voters
Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead President Trump in the 2020 presidential election nationally by a substantial margin, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. Biden leads Trump by 9 points, 52% to 43%, among likely voters, the survey finds. CONT. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News Read more »
Trump has made Americans’ lives worse. Here’s the proof.
Donald Trump’s America is one sad place. We, as a nation, have fallen into a great depression, though not necessarily an economic one. By one highly respected gauge, self-reported levels of happiness are at their lowest since social scientists began asking such questions half a century ago. Much of this […] Read more »
Biden leads Trump by double digits, but more Americans trust Trump on economy despite historic recession
Former Vice President Joe Biden is holding onto his lead over President Donald Trump with less than two months until the November election, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. But Trump retains some important advantages, like more Americans believing he is the better candidate to lead the economy, which […] Read more »
Virus Pulls Down Trump, Poll Shows, and G.O.P. Senators Suffer With Him
President Trump’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic has imperiled both his own re-election and his party’s majority in the Senate, and Republican lawmakers in crucial states like Arizona, North Carolina and Maine have fallen behind their Democratic challengers amid broad disapproval of the president, according to a poll conducted by […] Read more »