Navigating Coronavirus: Americans Worry About Strength of Response

This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,008 registered voters conducted March 30-April 2, 2020. • Even as nearly all Americans are watching at least some of Trump’s press conferences every day, the public continues to have serious concerns about his handling […] Read more »

Americans support drastic efforts to stop coronavirus, expect crisis to last for months

Most Americans say saving lives by preventing the spread of COVID-19 should be the top priority for the U.S. government as the global coronavirus pandemic strains the nation’s health care system and social distancing measures ravage the economy, according to a new poll. The Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos poll poll released […] Read more »

America’s Hidden Common Ground on the Coronavirus

According to a new Public Agenda/USA Today/Ipsos Hidden Common Ground Survey, Americans are aligned on the large threat that COVID-19 poses to the United States, the stock market and the global economy, as well as the steps the government should take to help businesses and people affected. Though Americans see […] Read more »

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally — The U.S. Response to Covid-19

Covid-19 has exposed major weaknesses in the United States’ federalist system of public health governance, which divides powers among the federal, state, and local governments. SARS-CoV-2 is exactly the type of infectious disease for which federal public health powers and emergencies were conceived: it is highly transmissible, crosses borders efficiently, […] Read more »