This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,011 registered voters conducted May 12-May 15, 2020. • The share of Americans who believe the “worst is yet to come” continues to tick back up, as a second wave of infection and an economic […] Read more »
Americans differ on views of COVID-19 impact
Americans perceive wide disparities along class, racial, and geographic lines in terms of whose health they think will be most affected by the coronavirus: the working class, more so than the wealthy; cities and suburbs, more than rural areas; African-American and Hispanic communities, more so than white communities; and more […] Read more »
How California is Preparing for the General Election During the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a serious toll on not only our health, but on the economic well-being of cities and states across the country. As leaders grapple with how best protect the health of their constituents in addition to mitigating the economic fall out caused by stay-at-home orders, preparation […] Read more »
73% of Democrats are wearing masks to fight coronavirus. Only 59% of Republicans are.
As several states across the nation relax strict stay-at-home requirements, imposed to slow the spread of covid-19, and begin allowing more businesses to open, the question of whether the government can require people to wear masks has become explosive. … We drew on a nationally representative, multi-wave survey conducted by […] Read more »
Americans Rank Halting COVID-19 Spread Over Medical Privacy
A majority of U.S. adults believe that preventing the spread of the coronavirus is more important than protecting people’s medical privacy. Amid the growing use of digital medical data to track COVID-19 infections, 61% of Americans prioritize these preventative efforts, even if that means people have to reveal sensitive medical […] Read more »
Coronavirus, ‘Plandemic’ and the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking
No matter the details of the plot, conspiracy theories follow common patterns of thought. Ranta Images/iStock/Getty Images Plus John Cook, George Mason University; Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge; Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol, and Ullrich Ecker, University of Western Australia The conspiracy theory video “Plandemic” recently went viral. […] Read more »