All of us are desperate to get our lives back to some sense of normalcy. We want to know if we can send the kids back to school this fall, hang out at our favorite restaurant, and hug our parents. Those of us in the politics business are wondering if […] Read more »
In back-to-back tweets, Trump shares a fake poll number and dismisses a real poll number as fake
… For more than a year, Trump’s just occasionally shared random assessments of his popularity within his party, never offering any explanation for where the figure came from. … Unlike any real poll number, the figure never goes down, only up. This is as good a sign as any that […] Read more »
Gauging Concerns About Americans’ Personal Finances
We are gaining new information to help gauge the impact of the coronavirus on Americans’ personal financial situations. Two conclusions stand out from a reading of the data. Americans’ worries about the possibility of personal financial hardship are now about the same as their worries about getting the virus, a […] Read more »
Pandemic PollWatch: Expectations regarding life after COVID-19
What will the post-coronavirus world be like? We do not yet know precisely when or how the world will move past this pandemic; but as many countries begin the process of re-opening, global public opinion already provides insights on people’s expectations regarding life after COVID-19. This week’s edition of Pandemic […] Read more »
AP-NORC poll: Trump approval remains steady during pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, Americans’ views of the federal and state government response to the crisis are starting to sour — yet President Donald Trump’s personal approval rating has remained steady. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 41% of Americans […] Read more »
Trump has a real shot of winning
Former Vice President Joe Biden is ahead of President Donald Trump in the presidential race. He leads in the swing states and is up somewhere between 5 and 8 points nationally, depending on what methodology you use. Yet it’s important to point out that even if the polls are an […] Read more »