As the two parties offer dueling interpretations of Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, new polling suggests that the pandemic’s ultimate political consequences may be determined by the substantial group of voters who accept the central premise of each side’s case. The principal line of attack from Democrats, amplified […] Read more »
Americans prioritize staying home and worry restrictions will lift too fast
Health concerns still take precedence over economic concerns by a wide margin for Americans in their views on when to re-open the economy — both in what they want for the nation, and in what they’d do themselves. Many say they need to be confident the outbreak is over before […] Read more »
Americans’ Attitudes About Reopening for Business
The U.S. is grappling with the complex tension between efforts to contain COVID-19 on the one hand and efforts to rejuvenate the nation’s economy on the other. There is not much argument about the ultimate importance of either of these goals. The tension arises from competing perspectives on the relative […] Read more »
8 in 10 Americans Favor Strict Shelter-in-Place Orders To Limit Coronavirus’ Spread
With President Trump and some Republican governors pushing to restart the nation’s economy, most of the public (80%) supports strict shelter-in-place policies to limit the coronavirus’ spread compared to just one in five (19%) who say these measures pose unnecessary burdens and cause more harm than good, the latest KFF […] Read more »
Americans Reject Premature Reopening
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,022 registered voters conducted April 17-April 22, 2020. • The overwhelming majority of Americans do not want to prematurely open the government and want a safe reopening when it does happen.• Testing, contact tracing, and […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump in battleground Pennsylvania
With most Pennsylvania voters concerned about catching coronavirus and nearly six-in-ten believing the Trump administration was too slow to act, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in that battleground state. Biden is preferred over Trump by 8 percentage points (50-42 percent), according to a Fox News Poll of Pennsylvania registered voters. […] Read more »