President Trump argued this week that the death toll from the coronavirus was actually not so bad. All you had to do was not count states that voted for Democrats. “If you take the blue states out,” he said, “we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in the […] Read more »
The Public Outlook Remains Gloomy
A majority continue to feel the country is moving in the wrong direction. And most remain at least somewhat worried about a coronavirus infection in their household, have little confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and disapprove of how President Trump is handling the pandemic. Seventy-two […] Read more »
Democrats and Republicans Diverge on US Foreign Policy
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has reminded Americans that the United States is not immune to events that take place in other parts of the world. Far from feeding calls to retreat from international engagement, Americans remain supportive of an active US role in the world, with solid majorities supporting […] Read more »
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s COVID-19 messaging
… When it comes to Trump’s statements, nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults (57%) say the president has been delivering the wrong message about the coronavirus outbreak to the country, and two-thirds say Trump and his administration only sometimes or hardly ever get the facts right about the outbreak. The survey also […] Read more »
How Governors, CDC and Trump Stack Up on COVID-19
State governors as a whole are rated best by the American people across three measures of government leadership on the coronavirus or related health challenges, followed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, lastly, President Donald Trump. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown […] Read more »
Deep skepticism for Trump’s coronavirus response endures
Most Americans are skeptical of President Donald Trump’s performance on the coronavirus pandemic — disapproving of his response, disbelieving of his rhetoric on the virus and critical of what they view as his lagging approach to containing it, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday finds. … Most Americans, by […] Read more »