This is the fourth in a series of weekly papers from GQR summarizing and analyzing available data on global opinion on COVID-19. … • Worldwide, public concern about contracting the virus continues to rise, but global averages show a leveling off in the rate of increase in concern.• After an […] Read more »
As the Pandemic Rages, the Trump Administration Monitors Our Feelings
The Department of Health and Human Services’ preparedness and response division is confronting the deadliest pandemic in a century, and its leaders want to know how America is feeling. In a series of slides dated Monday and obtained by The New York Times, the department’s assistant secretary for preparedness and […] Read more »
The Count
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver examined the data surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of providing context to the number of cases being reported. Our Poll Hub team breaks down the analysis and explains why this research is so important. And, the decennial census […] Read more »
The Two States Where Trump’s COVID-19 Response Could Backfire in 2020
A handful of swing states will almost certainly decide the winner of November’s presidential election. And in two of them, Michigan and Florida, Donald Trump’s complicated relationship with their governors could expose him to greater political risk as the economic and social price of the coronavirus pandemic mounts. Trump faces […] Read more »
Amid Pandemic, News Attention Spikes; Media Favorability Flat
As news about the novel coronavirus has gripped the country in recent weeks, a series of Knight Foundation/Gallup surveys finds that Americans are paying “a great deal” of attention to the news at levels not seen over the past three years. Attention to local and international news has doubled since […] Read more »
Republicans Pursue Limits on Voting by Mail, Despite the Coronavirus
President Trump and his Republican allies are launching an aggressive strategy to fight what many of the administration’s own health officials view as one of the most effective ways to make voting safer amid the deadly spread of Covid-19: the expanded use of mail-in ballots. … The new political effort […] Read more »