Donald Trump is betting his reelection on convincing most Americans that the “chaos president” can deliver order. “Chaos president” is how former Florida Governor Jeb Bush described Trump in the final Republican presidential-primary debate of 2015. Bush’s argument against Trump’s erratic leadership style didn’t save his flagging campaign, but his […] Read more »
Majority of Americans View In-Person Return to School Unsafe at Any Level
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues worldwide, a majority of Americans say they feel it is unsafe to send children, preschool through college age, back to school this fall, according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll. The poll, a partnership between Grinnell College and nationally renowned polling […] Read more »
COVID-19 has eroded confidence in the U.S. health care system
Americans pay far more for health care than any other developed nation, while suffering worse outcomes — it’s not a new reality, but the toll and stress of the COVID-19 pandemic has made that paradox more urgent. And in the final months of the 2020 presidential race, it seems to […] Read more »
Workers’ Worries Spike Amid COVID’s Economic Impact
As the U.S. continues to reel from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with unprecedented closure of businesses and public health restrictions to stem the spread of the disease, American workers’ worries about setbacks to their employment have spiked. More than a quarter, 27% of U.S. workers now say […] Read more »
Broad Bipartisan Support for Additional Stimulus
As Congress and the Trump administration remain deadlocked in talks over the next coronavirus stimulus package, seven in 10 Americans (70%) say they would support the government sending an additional economic impact payment (EIP) to all qualified adults. CONT. Grant Buckles, Gallup Read more »
Trump’s favorability and perceptions of COVID-19 response stagnate post-convention
President Donald Trump’s efforts to build his appeal and define his opponent at the Republican National Convention, using pageantry and the White House as the backdrop, had little apparent impact on the electorate’s impressions of both him and former Vice President Joe Biden, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. Trump’s […] Read more »