As the country moves forward after the verdict in the murder of George Floyd, new research from the Public Agenda/USA TODAY Hidden Common Ground initiative finds that Americans share a deep sense of concern about partisan divisiveness but feel that it is important to try to find a pathway forward […] Read more »
Broad Support for Spending Plans
About 2 in 3 Americans support the president’s multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package as well as the proposed tax hikes to pay for it. The Monmouth University Poll finds similar levels of support for expanding healthcare access and other aid – a plan slated to be released this week. More Americans say […] Read more »
Trust in Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine is low, yet overall intent to get inoculated rises
Fewer than half of Americans see the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine as safe and barely more than a fifth of those not yet vaccinated would be willing to take it — yet overall intentions to get vaccinated have risen since January in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Results […] Read more »
The Elephant in the Zoom
The whole thing started with this public health institute in Maryland called the de Beaumont Foundation. They’d been noticing with alarm that not only were Trump voters reluctant to get the vaccine, they were stubbornly so. Other hesitant groups seemed to be coming around to getting the vaccine, but not […] Read more »
Most Americans who want a Covid-19 shot have gotten one. Now comes the hard part
… The good news is that more than 50% of US adults now have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the CDC. A month ago, only about a third of adults had received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. The bad news is that recent […] Read more »
At 100 days, Biden’s approval remains strong. Can the honeymoon last?
As President Joe Biden nears his 100th day in office, slightly more than half of Americans say they approve of his job performance. Biden gets his highest marks on handling the Covid-19 pandemic and his lowest on the situation at the southern border. Those are the results of a new […] Read more »