As coronavirus infections are spiking in U.S. states that previously had not been hard-hit, a new high of 65% of U.S. adults say the coronavirus situation is getting worse. The percentage of Americans who believe the situation is getting worse has increased from 48% the preceding week, and from 37% […] Read more »
Americans increasingly do not see a ‘return to normal’ happening in the near future
This release features findings from a national online survey of 1,204 registered voters conducted June 25-30, 2020. • Disapproval of Trump’s handling of the pandemic has reached a new high in our tracking.• A growing majority now say the “worst is yet to come” in the pandemic, and Americans increasingly […] Read more »
Coronavirus: Which activities do people see as high risk?
Most Americans see public gatherings like protests and political rallies as activities that present a high risk for spreading the coronavirus. They tend to see the lifting of stay at home restrictions generally as a more moderate risk than a high one, although opinions vary based on one’s concern about […] Read more »
The white-collar revolt against Trump is peaking
From his open defiance of public health officials when holding rallies to his increasingly explicit embrace of White racial backlash, President Donald Trump has set a course for his reelection campaign that could produce the GOP’s largest deficit in the history of modern polling among well-educated White voters. Relative to […] Read more »
Many Americans See Exaggeration, Conspiracy Theories and Partisanship in COVID-19 News
As Americans continue to process a steady flow of information about the coronavirus outbreak – from changing infection and death rates to new testing protocols and evolving social distancing guidelines – they give the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health organizations the highest rating when it […] Read more »
Young people exposed to an epidemic have less trust in political institutions for the rest of their lives
… In a new paper, we provide the first evidence on the effects of epidemics on political trust. We use individual-level data on confidence in political institutions and leaders from the 2006-2018 Gallup World Polls (GWP), fielded in nearly 140 countries annually. Our data cover some 750,000 respondents from 142 […] Read more »