When it comes to voting, Democrats and Republicans cultivate their own myths. Democrats are sure that there are millions of voters out there who, if it were easy to vote, would vote for them. Republicans are equally sure that if voting is too easy it would lead to a large […] Read more »
Americans’ views on reopening their communities
… Most Americans (62%) think the government’s priority should be preventing the virus from spreading and keeping people from getting sick or dying – a drop of ten percentage points from March when 72% prioritized preventing the virus from spreading. The May survey finds that almost a third of Americans […] Read more »
Poll Hub: America Now
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we introduce our latest endeavor! The Marist Poll’s America Now: National Outlook Index provides insight into Americans’ feelings about their finances, health, and vision for the future. We discuss our reason for launching this new project and its baseline results. Then, we pick […] Read more »
Age Versus Politics in Determining Virus-Related Attitudes
… The remarkable thing about these findings is the degree to which the subjective factor of partisanship is a much more powerful correlate of worry about the virus and self-isolation than the objective factor of age. I call age an objective factor because the relationship between age and higher probabilities […] Read more »
Trump Threats on Vote By Mail Fall Flat
This release features findings from a national online survey of 1,012 registered voters conducted May 21-25, 2020. • A key group of Americans – those who disapprove of Trump overall, but approve of him on the economy – strongly disapprove of how Trump is handling the pandemic.• Americans are nostalgic […] Read more »
60% of Americans Support Expanding Vote by Mail
The second round of a multi-university project to survey people in all 50 states about their opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic response focused on public opinion around increasing access to vote by mail (VBM) for the upcoming Presidential elections. 60% of respondents across all 50 states said they support making […] Read more »