Veteran GOP strategist Liesl Hickey has dubbed 2022 the year of the angry K-12 parent. “They are mad,” says Hickey, co-founder of the center-right group N2 America, “and they want to hold someone accountable.” … Recent polling suggests that Americans are much less worried about kids getting sick at school […] Read more »
Increasing Public Criticism, Confusion Over COVID-19 Response in U.S.
Nearly two years after the coronavirus outbreak took hold in the United States, Americans are increasingly critical of the response to COVID-19 from elected officeholders and public health officials. Amid debates over how to address the surge in cases driven by the omicron variant, confusion is now the most common […] Read more »
As Omicron recedes, Americans unsure on how to live with pandemic long-term
With COVID-19 cases starting to decline across the nation, the American public is completely divided on how to handle the pandemic in the near term, according to the latest Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index. As the country wrestles with how to move on (or not), one thing is clear: two in three […] Read more »
Americans’ Attitudes and Experiences with COVID-19 Vaccines
Since before the first COVID-19 vaccine became available more than a year ago, the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor Project has tracked the public’s evolving views about and experiences with the vaccines amid the ongoing pandemic. On Feb. 8, 2022 KFF held a web briefing to share insights gleaned from nearly […] Read more »
Americans Are Frustrated With the Pandemic. These Polls Show How Much.
A wave of polls taken as the Omicron variant crested across much of the United States shows new signs that the public’s resolve to combat the coronavirus pandemic is waning. The surveys depict an increasingly frustrated and pessimistic nation that is as worried by the specter of an endless pandemic […] Read more »
Fewer Californians Say the Worst of the Pandemic Is Behind Us
Amid the continuing effects of the omicron COVID variant, two in three Californians say that, as a country, the worst of the coronavirus outbreak is behind us, down from last May’s peak. Also, the share of Californians saying that things in the US are going in the right direction is […] Read more »