… Donald Trump is trying to redefine coronavirus as a foreign threat (“the Chinese virus”) and himself as a wartime president defending the nation against what amounts to an invasion. … Trump “is now leaning into the notion of being a wartime president in part because somebody told him that […] Read more »
Michigan Residents Overwhelmingly Concerned about Personal Impacts of COVID-19
Michigan residents have expressed overwhelming concern for the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the latest statewide poll conducted by Marketing Resource Group (MRG). When asked if they are concerned about COVID-19 and how it may affect them or their family, 82 percent of respondents voiced concern with 16 […] Read more »
How COVID-19 Is — And Isn’t — Changing Politics
According to the latest polling, the spread of COVID-19 has disrupted the daily lives of the vast majority of Americans. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how that broad effect has — and has not — changed partisan politics. They also ask how the pandemic […] Read more »
Four Reasons to Be Cautious About Trump’s Approval Ratings
Ever since the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis began to accelerate a couple of weeks ago, political obsessives have wondered about the likely effect that it would have on President Trump’s job approval ratings—and, by extension, his chances of re-election in November. … But realistically, it’s far too soon to glean much […] Read more »
In a pandemic, political polarization could kill people
As the coronavirus pandemic circles the world, public health officials and other authorities have implored people to avoid crowds and keep their distance from one another. But viral stories of parties on Bourbon Street, pub crawls at Irish bars and packed beaches in Florida make clear these messages often fall […] Read more »
School closures skyrocket, nearly 54 million students sent home
Beyond the health effects and the impact on the economy, the coronavirus has created a long tail of impacts in the United States and the world, and one of the biggest impacts has come in education. The number of K-12 school closures has skyrocketed in the last few weeks with […] Read more »