Virginia voters give Democrat Terry McAuliffe the advantage over Republican Glenn Youngkin by 48-44 percent in the race for governor, according to a new Fox News Poll. This benchmark survey of the Virginia governor’s race shows it is still up for grabs. That four percentage-point edge is within the survey’s […] Read more »
Polarization over vaccine mandate rules underscores difficulty for U.S. to slow pandemic
Public support for the Biden administration’s drive to get more people vaccinated for COVID-19 is largely split along partisan lines, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. While employers in some sectors and parts of the country are reporting that a vast majority of workers are complying with new vaccine […] Read more »
Biden’s Approval Rating Recovers Some From Last Month’s Low, An NPR Poll Finds
Since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a month ago, President Biden’s approval rating has recovered some in the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. Last month, just 43% of survey respondents approved of how he was doing his job and a majority — 51% — disapproved. Since then, Biden has gained […] Read more »
The Biden objectors who hold the 2022 election in their hands
A sizable share of Americans are souring on Joe Biden as president — but they don’t completely hate him, either. Where they land on that question over the next year could decide the 2022 midterm elections. More Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling his role as president than approve. […] Read more »
New Initiative Explores Deep, Persistent Divides Between Biden and Trump Voters
The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project to explore the social, political, and psychological divides between those who voted for Donald Trump and those […] Read more »
Americans’ Trust in Government Remains Low
Americans’ trust and confidence in various aspects of the government in the U.S. are low when compared with the historical average for each. … The latest data are from Gallup’s Sept. 1-17 Governance poll. Perhaps contributing to this year’s depressed government ratings, the poll was conducted just after the U.S. […] Read more »