From his open defiance of public health officials when holding rallies to his increasingly explicit embrace of White racial backlash, President Donald Trump has set a course for his reelection campaign that could produce the GOP’s largest deficit in the history of modern polling among well-educated White voters. Relative to […] Read more »
On Coronavirus, Americans Still Trust the Experts
For months, President Trump has been contradicting his public health advisers over the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Over that same time, public health messages about the virus have been shifting. Advice that masks weren’t necessary changed to advice to wear masks. Guidance against mass gatherings was softened in the […] Read more »
Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing
Americans’ trust in medical scientists has grown since the coronavirus outbreak first upended everyday activities at workplaces, homes and schools across the nation. But there are growing divisions between Republicans and Democrats in the confidence they have in medical scientists. These partisan divides extend to perceptions of the risk posed […] Read more »
Poll Hub: America Now
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we introduce our latest endeavor! The Marist Poll’s America Now: National Outlook Index provides insight into Americans’ feelings about their finances, health, and vision for the future. We discuss our reason for launching this new project and its baseline results. Then, we pick […] Read more »
Finding a New Normal
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we provide our in-depth analysis of our new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. Are Americans concerned about a second coronavirus wave? When do they think daily life will get back to some sense of normal? We have the answers. Then, it’s a highly controversial […] Read more »
When the Mask You’re Wearing ‘Tastes Like Socialism’
The Covid-19 pandemic has divided Americans into two camps. To no one’s surprise, lockdown politics have joined the legion of issues that pit Democrats against Republicans. … The partisan fight over the lockdown has shown us, once again, how differently the choices government leaders make look to different constituencies of […] Read more »