As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States surpasses 2 million, Americans’ worry about COVID-19 exposure has plateaued over the past month, perhaps in response to a slight downward trend in new cases in May. … As with many other questions related to COVID-19, there is also […] Read more »
Americans Believe Coronavirus Cases are Rising
This release features findings from a national online survey of 1,009 registered voters conducted June 11-15, 2020. • Trump’s overall job approval has hit a new low in our tracking as Americans continue to hear negative things about his handling of recent protests and the coronavirus pandemic.• A majority say […] Read more »
Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic. CONT. Kat Stafford & Hannah Fingerhut, […] Read more »
White evangelicals think Trump is divinely ordained. He’ll do almost anything to keep it that way
Donald Trump’s reelection chances are quite dim without the robust support of his white evangelical base. His electoral college win in 2016 was fueled by white evangelical turnout and the overwhelming number of white evangelicals — 81% — who pulled the lever for him. He cannot afford for the religious […] Read more »
Faced With Crisis and Re-election, Senate Republicans Blame China
… Neil Newhouse, a leading Republican pollster, said that both private and public polling indicated that Americans, regardless of political affiliation, had markedly negative feelings toward China over issues including trade and technology theft. “It becomes an easy punching bag for politicians, both Republicans and Democrats,” he said in an […] Read more »
Poll Hub: The State of the Nation
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the nation faces a time of chaos and crisis. How do Americans perceive the history-making events confronting the nation? We analyze the data. Then, it’s a common refrain. President Donald Trump has a problem with a poll. Is the criticism warranted? We break […] Read more »