As more Americans receive coronavirus vaccines, the percentage who express hesitancy about doing so has decreased. However, a substantial number continue to say they won’t or might not get vaccinated, citing concerns about adequate testing and potential side effects, as well as recent news about clots. This reluctance, if it […] Read more »
Biden receives positive marks at 100 days
Approaching one hundred days in the presidency, President Biden maintains fairly strong approval ratings for what look like fairly straightforward reasons: most Americans like the way he’s handling the country’s top priorities, with especially strong marks on the pandemic and vaccine rollout; his major legislative pieces are popular so far. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: 1 in 5 voters reject vaccine, concern about coronavirus drops
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on into year two and U.S. eligibility for vaccines rises, a new Fox News poll finds one in five registered voters plan to skip the shot. The survey, released Sunday, shows that while 7 in 10 voters have either already received a vaccine (58 percent) […] Read more »
Cuomo’s Approval Rating Has Fallen. He Could Still Win Re-Election.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has not had much good news over the past few months. His poll numbers have not been much of an exception. A new Siena College poll this week found that Mr. Cuomo’s ratings had fallen to the lowest level of his tenure, with […] Read more »
What The Chauvin Trial Verdict Tells Us
… The verdict was guilty on all counts. A very extraordinary story, a killer cop convicted; paired with an all too ordinary story, an unarmed Black man killed. The bipartisan consensus that Chauvin was guilty is another extraordinary result. But, that does not mean that we as a nation are […] Read more »
Religious Identities and the Race Against the Virus
As the U.S. navigates evolving dynamics related to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access, there has been a dearth of hard data to understand the cultural dynamics of this problem, and even less rigorous data available to understand how faith-based interventions might mitigate vaccine hesitancy and resistance. The PRRI–IFYC Religion and […] Read more »