… I don’t want to spend too much time and space teasing out all the nuances of what our new abnormal means. The situation is changing too fast. So, for the sake of brevity, I present the five data points that I believe are worth seeing. 1. Consumer confidence tanks: […] Read more »
The Uncertainty of Our New Normal: A Data Dump
… We should expect significant behavioral change as the COVID-19 reality modifies our data-to-day lives. To capture this, we partnered with Axios and published our first installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus poll on Wednesday this week. This will be our baseline to gauge behavioral change (companies, people, and governments) going […] Read more »
Happiness Not Quite as Widespread as Usual in the U.S.
The vast majority of Americans report being “very” (42%) or “fairly happy” (44%), but the combined 86% is down from 91% the last time Gallup asked about this, in December 2008. It is also the lowest overall percentage happy Gallup has recorded in periodic readings over 71 years and is […] Read more »
Democrats Agree on One Thing: They’re Very, Very Nervous
The past three years have not been easy for the political fortunes or the emotional health of America’s Democrats. To the extent they feel optimistic about anything, they have been waiting for the 2020 election in the way inhabitants of a storm-ravaged city might look toward the end of hurricane […] Read more »
71% of U.S. Adults Rate Mental, Physical Health Positively
According to reports of their own health, seven in 10 U.S. adults are in good physical and mental health, including 20% rating both aspects “excellent,” 26% rating both “good,” and 25% rating one aspect good and the other excellent. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
The Vape Debate
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, polls and the debate over vaping. Lots of poll numbers are being tossed around to support arguments for and against the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. We sort out the quality surveys from the bad. Then, it’s a taboo topic around […] Read more »