Most Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the government to require mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election if the coronavirus outbreak still threatens the public this autumn, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. CONT. Chris Kahn, Reuters Read more »
Coronavirus has ignited a battle over voting by mail. Here’s why it’s so controversial.
One of the biggest fights of this year’s presidential election may be over the election itself and how to hold it during the coronavirus crisis. Vote-by-mail, long mostly a hobbyhorse of good-government advocates, has suddenly been thrust to the center of an escalating partisan war as some say it’s the […] Read more »
It’s not easy for ordinary citizens to identify fake news
… How good are people at sifting out fake news? In a collaboration between the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics and the Stanford Cyber Policy Center (supported by the Hewlett Foundation), we’ve been investigating whether ordinary individuals in the United States who encounter news when it first appears […] Read more »
Embracing the Uncertainties
… Science is full of epistemic uncertainty. Circling the unknowns, inching toward truth through argument and experiment is how progress is made. But science is often expected to be a monolithic collection of all the right answers. As a result, some scientists — and the politicians, policymakers and journalists who […] Read more »
States of Play: Battleground Voters Growing Concerns on COVID-19
Change Research conducted a poll of 2,448 likely general election voters in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin between April 2-3, 2020 on their thoughts, beliefs, experiences, and policy preferences with respect to the coronavirus crisis. Respondents were most likely to report experiencing low inventory at stores and […] Read more »
Why public approval of Trump’s coronavirus response may not save him in November
There’s a potential political time bomb ticking for President Donald Trump in the public reaction to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Polls now consistently show that almost exactly half of Americans approve of how Trump is handling the outbreak. That’s a strikingly solid showing for him given the enormous […] Read more »