Sixty-eight percent of registered voters think the coronavirus outbreak will have a big impact on election turnout in the U.S., a new poll shows — and nearly 4 in 10 support delaying the November presidential election until the pandemic is under control. The findings are from a TargetSmart survey conducted […] Read more »
Health Concerns From COVID-19 Much Higher Among Hispanics and Blacks Than Whites
As the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continues to climb in the United States, the current epicenter of the global pandemic, majorities of Americans are concerned that they may contract the disease and that they may unknowingly spread it to others. Yet these concerns are much more […] Read more »
Tracking The Pandemic In The Battleground
For the first time in our post-Tea Party era, America responded to a big national challenge with a single voice. Nine in ten Democrats, independents, and Republicans embraced social distancing to fight the pandemic in a way that stopped the economy, split families apart and most of all, left most […] Read more »
Trump Coronavirus Rating Now Underwater
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,006 registered voters conducted April 8-April 13, 2020. • Faith in Dr. Anthony Fauci remains widespread and extends well across party lines.• Fewer than one in four Americans now rate the economy positively.• Americans are […] Read more »
Most Americans think President Trump waited too long to act on COVID-19
Most Americans (57%) now believe that President Donald Trump waited too long to act on the COVID-19 pandemic that is devastating the nation, according to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll. That is especially true of Democrats (85% of them say this), and a majority of Independents (56%). Most Republicans (71%) are […] Read more »
These Are Our Priors For The General Election
Now that Democrats have settled on a presumptive nominee, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses their priors for the 2020 presidential contest. While seven months — and an unfolding crisis — separate us from election day, the 2020 election appears to have similar patterns to 2016’s — for now. The […] Read more »