This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,010 registered voters; May 8-May 13, 2020. • Trump’s rating on handling the pandemic has reached a new low point.• Voters continue to be most concerned by Trump’s actions that have put lives at risk: […] Read more »
Why 2020’s Third Party Share Should Be Lower Than 2016
Key Points• Despite — or perhaps because of — the relatively high share of the vote third party candidates received in 2016, we expect the two major parties to have a better showing in 2020.• Voters generally feel better about their major party nominees this year than they did in […] Read more »
Americans’ expectations for safe public gatherings slip to July at the earliest
As the coronavirus spreads across the country, Americans are curbing their expectations about when it will be safe for gatherings of 10 or more people, with about 2 in 3 adults now saying it will not be until July or later before those events can happen, according to a Washington […] Read more »
Plurality Now Say U.S. Economy In a Recession
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,009 registered voters conducted May 7-May 12, 2020, and a combined dataset of 1,683 registered voters conducted May 4-May 11, 2020. • Over the past two months, Trump’s approval rating on handling the coronavirus pandemic […] Read more »
Many governors win bipartisan support for handling of pandemic, but some Republicans face blowback over reopening efforts
Governors collectively have been winning widespread praise from the public for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, often with the kind of bipartisan approval that has eluded President Trump. But a large-scale Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds that some Republican governors who have embraced reopening their states are struggling to achieve […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Most Americans would be uncomfortable returning to regular routines today
Most Americans say they would be uncomfortable returning to their regular routines today, even as they are increasingly leaving their homes to visit others, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The 58% who say they are not comfortable returning to their routines today is similar to the […] Read more »