In the race to get Americans vaccinated, two groups are commanding a lot of attention: Republicans and white evangelicals. Both are less likely to have been vaccinated already and more likely to refuse vaccination altogether. But it’s the overlap between white Republicans and white evangelicals that is especially telling, as […] Read more »
Half of workers favor vaccination requirements
With many employers considering back-to-office plans amidst the delta surge, 50% of working Americans favor requiring employees working in person at their workplace to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Just about as many, 52%, support a requirement for employees working in person at their workplace to wear face masks. In […] Read more »
Weary of turmoil and division, most teens still voice faith in future, Post-Ipsos poll finds
… While still hopeful about what lies ahead, many teens do not view the current moment so favorably. Fifty-one percent say that now is a bad time to be growing up, compared with 31 percent who answered that way 16 years ago, in a poll of teens conducted by The […] Read more »
U.S. Satisfaction Drops; COVID-19 Resurges as Top Problem
Americans’ satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. has fallen to 23%, the lowest point since President Joe Biden took office. This marks a seven-percentage-point decline from July. At the same time, mentions of COVID-19 as the nation’s most important problem have more than doubled, to 26%. […] Read more »
Mask wars preview the 2022 battle for the Sun Belt
The fierce political struggles erupting across the Sun Belt this summer over mask mandates and other public health precautions against Covid-19 point toward epic governors’ races next year that will test how much the political balance of power has changed in the rapidly growing states at the epicenter of the […] Read more »
How a year of COVID influences views on start of school
As a new school year begins, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked parents of children age 7-18 about their experiences of last school year and their expectations for the year ahead. About one-third of parents (36%) rate at least one aspect of 2020-21 as better […] Read more »