President Trump is cheering on Republican governors who lift stay-at-home orders, criticizing Democratic governors who’ve been more cautious and supporting right-wing protests against stay-at-home orders. Coronavirus politics, in other words, like climate change politics, is riven by party. According to recent survey research, average Americans may be following their party […] Read more »
Trump is benefiting from a covid-19 grace period. It won’t last forever.
President Trump bungled the coronavirus crisis. … It would be reasonable to expect Trump’s poll numbers to drop like a rock after this sort of mismanagement. But instead his approval rating is stable at around 44 percent — roughly where it was before the virus hit. That’s because Trump is […] Read more »
White evangelicals among groups with slipping confidence in Trump’s handling of COVID-19
White evangelical Protestants are President Donald Trump’s most supportive religious constituency, but they are slightly less positive about his response to the coronavirus pandemic now than they were in March, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. CONT. Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a […] Read more »
A Study Said Covid Wasn’t That Deadly. The Right Seized It.
… Preprints are meant to help scientists find and discuss new findings in real time, which is especially important during a pandemic. They generally carry a warning label: “This research has yet to be peer reviewed.” To a scientist, this means it’s provisional knowledge — maybe true, maybe not. But […] Read more »
Public says coronavirus containment still going badly in U.S.
There’s fierce debate over when to reopen the U.S. economy, and the partisan gap is opening wide. Americans feel the timeline for things to return to “normal” has been pushed back dramatically. A large majority of the public still prioritize staying home to slow the outbreak, over reopening the economy, […] Read more »
Trump Approval on Pandemic Hits New Low
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,010 registered voters; May 8-May 13, 2020. • Trump’s rating on handling the pandemic has reached a new low point.• Voters continue to be most concerned by Trump’s actions that have put lives at risk: […] Read more »