As Americans continue to process a steady flow of information about the coronavirus outbreak – from changing infection and death rates to new testing protocols and evolving social distancing guidelines – they give the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health organizations the highest rating when it […] Read more »
Young people exposed to an epidemic have less trust in political institutions for the rest of their lives
… In a new paper, we provide the first evidence on the effects of epidemics on political trust. We use individual-level data on confidence in political institutions and leaders from the 2006-2018 Gallup World Polls (GWP), fielded in nearly 140 countries annually. Our data cover some 750,000 respondents from 142 […] Read more »
Why are similar countries experiencing COVID-19 so differently?
The global COVID-19 pandemic goes on and on, but not every country is experiencing the virus in the same way. As summer arrives, some countries are seeing much higher rates of new infections than others, and the United States is part of a group that is not faring especially well. […] Read more »
Record number of Americans say fight against coronavirus going badly
As COVID-19 cases rise across the country, Americans offer some of their most dire views on the pandemic to date: record numbers say efforts against the outbreak are going badly (including new highs saying efforts are going very badly); President Trump receives his lowest marks for handling the pandemic since […] Read more »
On Coronavirus, Americans Still Trust the Experts
For months, President Trump has been contradicting his public health advisers over the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Over that same time, public health messages about the virus have been shifting. Advice that masks weren’t necessary changed to advice to wear masks. Guidance against mass gatherings was softened in the […] Read more »
How Americans Feel About the Country Right Now: Anxious. Hopeful.
… Nearly six months after the first case of coronavirus reached the United States, a majority of registered voters say they are anxious, exhausted and angry, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena College. Yet even as they brace themselves for months of challenges from the […] Read more »