This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,003 registered voters conducted April 9-April 14, 2020 and a combined data set of 1,687 registered voters conducted April 6-13, 2020. • Trump’s approval ratings appear to have peaked and then eroded on several key […] Read more »
Americans Remain Risk Averse About Getting Back to Normal
… When asked how quickly they will return to their normal activities once the government lifts restrictions and businesses and schools start to reopen, the vast majority of Americans say they would wait and see what happens with the spread of the virus (71%) and another 10% would wait indefinitely. […] Read more »
Trump approval rises, but more Americans support Biden for president
The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump rose by 5 percentage points over the past week, but registered voters still favored Democrat Joe Biden for president by a small margin, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. CONT. Chris Kahn, Reuters Read more »
Pandemic raises the stakes in US’ partisan religious divide
The battle over religious exemptions to coronavirus stay-at-home orders, which flared again over Easter weekend, captures the likelihood of steadily rising tension in coming years between an increasingly secular American society and the most religiously conservative voters, particularly white evangelical Protestants. … Compounding the volatility, these religious distinctions increasingly parallel […] Read more »
By Wide Margin, Public Thinks Medical Experts Should Decide Start of NFL Season, Not Trump
By 60 percent to 36 percent, the nation thinks President Trump’s call to league commissioners last weekend (reported by ESPN) expressing a belief that the NFL season should open on time was inappropriate. Only 18 percent think the President or state governors should have the responsibility to resume play, while […] Read more »
Half in U.S. Plan to Spend Relief Money on Bills, Essentials
With the first direct payments to U.S. adults from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act set to hit bank accounts this week, 35% of U.S. adults intend to use the money primarily to pay bills. Another 16% say they will purchase essential items like food or gas […] Read more »