The effort to provide a Covid-19 vaccine booster to every American adult is underway. While millions of Americans have received their booster, 84% of adults have not. The initial polling indicates that convincing a good portion of this 84% to get a booster could prove difficult. This divide may end […] Read more »
Young Americans place the chances that they will see a second civil war in their lifetime at 35%
A national poll of America’s 18- to 29-year-olds released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that a majority of young Americans believe that our democracy is “in trouble” or “failing.” While most young Biden voters are satisfied with their vote, President Biden’s job approval (46%) […] Read more »
COVID-19 Still Widely Named as Biggest U.S. Health Problem
The coronavirus continues to dominate Americans’ top-of-mind mentions of what constitutes the most urgent health problem facing the country today, but to a lesser extent than a year ago. In a Gallup poll conducted Nov. 1-16, 47% of U.S. adults named viruses as the country’s top health problem, with the […] Read more »
Red America has seen the highest rates of cases and deaths, and the lowest rate of vaccinations
… It is red America, Donald Trump-voting America, that has seen the worst effects of the pandemic. With divergent vaccination rates, with the unvaccinated population that’s most at risk being made up of Republicans at three times the rate of Democrats, that gap is poised to grow. If we break […] Read more »
Holiday travel bursts openly divided political and vaccine bubbles
It’s the holiday season, the time to gather with family and old friends, even people with whom you don’t see eye-to-eye politically. This year that may have special meaning. Geographic self-segregation — the difference between where Democrats and Republicans tend to live — has come to define American politics. But […] Read more »
One of four Texans is unwilling or unlikely to get the COVID-19 vaccine
Nearly one out of four Texans is unwilling or unlikely to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler. And among parents, more than one-third are unwilling or unlikely to have their children get vaccinated, according to […] Read more »