The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania is launching a science and health knowledge monitor comprising quarterly survey reports to track national levels of health knowledge and misinformation over time. Building on the Annenberg Science Knowledge (ASK) surveys which since 2016 have been focused on health knowledge […] Read more »
A Memo to Democrats
The four of us have been around politics a long time. We have been a part of some of the Democratic Party’s biggest victories; we have seen some big losses. In the 2022 election, things are as close as we have ever seen them. But we are right on the […] Read more »
The 2022 election influencers
To really understand an election, you have to understand the motivations — and the lives — of the Americans voting in it. But too often our politics misses the point, and just describes people as demographic groups or party labels. We can do better. We’ve got the data for it: […] Read more »
2022’s Ballot Measures: States are set to vote on a range of measures dealing with abortion, elections, marijuana, and more
As happens every 2 years, voters across the country find a vast array of ballot measures to vote on in 2022. What follows is our rundown of the measures on voters’ ballots this year, based on tracking by Ballotpedia, our own research, and interviews with political experts in many of […] Read more »
Abortion Grows as a Motivator for Midterm Voters
About a month ahead of the 2022 midterm election, abortion continues to grow as a motivating issue for voters, especially among Democrats and those living in states where abortion is now illegal, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Half (50%) of voters now say the Supreme Court’s decision overturning […] Read more »
Public Says Pandemic Not Over, But Impact on Daily Life May Be
In a television appearance last month, President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is over.” Only 1 in 5 Americans would make that kind of blanket declaration about Covid-19, but the latest Monmouth University Poll finds most feel it is time to put pandemic-era restrictions – such as mask and vaccine […] Read more »