A recent in-depth review published in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet, in part using Gallup World Poll data, demonstrated a significant correlation between trust in government and COVID-19 infections. The review looked at COVID-related outcomes, trust in government and interpersonal trust (along with many other variables) across 177 […] Read more »
Polling on Issues People Know Little About Creates Illusion of Public Opinion
… While the general presidential approval rating provides some relevant insight into public opinion, the same cannot be said for presidential approval questions that focus on individual issues. … Media polls get virtually all respondents to answer a question, regardless of whether they actually have an opinion, by the way […] Read more »
Biden’s approval rating continues to erode, including with vital parts of his base
… On Thursday, CNN released a new poll conducted by SSRS that showed Biden’s approval sinking to 41 percent. That helped push his average approval rating lower as well, as calculated by FiveThirtyEight. Biden’s approval rating is now worse than any modern president at the same point according to FiveThirtyEight, […] 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 »
Joe Biden should be thankful he’s polling better than Boris Johnson
President Joe Biden has the worst approval rating after one year in office of nearly every elected president, except for former President Donald Trump. But a look across the Atlantic Ocean shows that things can always be worse for Biden. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conservative Party member, is […] Read more »
How would the American public respond to a Russian invasion of Ukraine?
President Joe Biden has said that Russia would experience “enormous consequences” if it invaded Ukraine, but that he has “no intention” of moving military forces into the country. Opinion polls suggest this might be more or less what the American people want. Across the political spectrum, a strong majority supports […] Read more »