The approach of the new school year is driving a global debate about how societies should provide for children’s education as the coronavirus pandemic continues. In most countries, majorities are not comfortable about sending their children back into in-person classrooms, even though there are concerns about remote learning and the […] Read more »
Arizona, Florida, and Texas: Many voters Critical of How Their Governor is Handling the Coronavirus Outbreak
As shown in the CBS News 2020 Battleground Tracker poll released Sunday, a majority of voters in three battleground states that recently witnessed a large uptick in coronavirus cases – Arizona, Florida, and Texas – think things are going badly in their state’s efforts to deal with the outbreak. Most […] Read more »
Biden opens up 11-point national lead over Trump in NBC News/WSJ poll
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a double-digit lead nationally over President Donald Trump, with 7 in 10 voters saying the country is on the wrong track, and majorities disapproving of the president’s handling of the coronavirus and race relations. … The NBC News/WSJ poll also shows a whopping […] Read more »
Democrats and Republicans see coronavirus differently
This weekend, President Donald Trump allowed the White House press corps to see him wearing a face mask for the first time. Trump, of course, has been hesitant to wear a mask, and he has retweeted criticism of former Vice President Joe Biden for doing so. The importance of Trump […] Read more »
GOP Governors Losing Residents’ Support on COVID-19
Americans are broadly positive about the way their state governors are handling the COVID-19 crisis, but that sentiment has slipped in the past month as virus cases have skyrocketed in parts of the country. These modest declines mask particularly sharp downturns in the collective governor ratings of residents in states […] Read more »
How the coronavirus is shaping health care politics in 2020
The coronavirus outbreak is now burning primarily through states with the highest share of uninsured residents, complicating the local response and amplifying the political debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act. Caseloads are exploding in many of the 13 remaining states where Republican governors, legislators or both have […] Read more »