As Congress considers an additional $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan, more than a third (37%) of Americans say that someone in their household has had trouble paying basic living expenses over the past three months, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. … The poll finds broad bipartisan agreement that […] Read more »
Americans, particularly the vaccinated, are hopeful about the end of the pandemic
As over 50 million Americans have received at least a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine – equivalent to about 23% of the 18+ population – the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index finds increasing signs of optimism among the American people. However, with that hope comes a slight decline in protective behaviors […] Read more »
Texas voters like Biden’s COVID-19 response better than his overall performance
President Joe Biden, who today is making his first visit to Texas since his January inauguration, starts his term with about the same numbers of voters giving him good and bad marks for job performance, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Among registered Texas voters, 45% approve […] Read more »
Cuomo’s Controversies
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Governor Andrew Cuomo faces criticism about his management of the state’s nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he faces allegations of sexual harassment. What do New Yorkers think of Cuomo’s handling of the nursing homes? Where does his job approval rating stand, […] Read more »
Getting Our Bearings
… Trust in COVID informatics is up. Is this a telling trend or just a consequence of regime change? Not sure. Seems like the hand-off from the red team to blue team is the most likely cause. This is our partisan pandemic world—stability on the outside, turmoil on the inside. […] Read more »
While Enthusiasm Rises, a Persistent Minority Say They Definitely Will Not Get Vaccinated
More than half of Americans (55%) now say they want to get vaccinated as soon as possible (37%) or have already received at least one dose (18%), up 8 percentage points over the past month as more people have gotten at least an initial vaccine dose, the latest KFF COVID-19 […] Read more »