Hispanics are almost twice as likely as whites to lose their jobs amid coronavirus pandemic

Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus shutdowns, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll, underlining that the pandemic is wreaking a disproportionate toll on some racial and ethnic groups. The poll finds that 20 percent of Hispanic adults and 16 percent […] Read more »

A Third of Americans Know Someone Infected

This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,005 registered voters conducted April 30-May 5, 2020 and a national online survey of 1,687 registered voters conducted April 27-May 4, 2020. • Americans are hearing less from Trump on the pandemic, and those who […] Read more »

Why Americans Don’t Vote Their Class Anymore

For decades now, major left-wing parties throughout the West have been bleeding support from the working-class voters whose interests they claim to represent. In the mid-20th century, a voter’s socioeconomic position strongly predicted his or her partisan allegiance: In Britain, France, and the United States, voters with low incomes and […] Read more »

For coronavirus job losses, geography and education are destiny

The latest week brought another set of deeply concerning unemployment numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, 5.2 million more people filed claims, bringing the total to more than 22 million in the last month, an almost surreal spike. But the numbers are not spread evenly throughout the country. The […] Read more »

Health Concerns From COVID-19 Much Higher Among Hispanics and Blacks Than Whites

As the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continues to climb in the United States, the current epicenter of the global pandemic, majorities of Americans are concerned that they may contract the disease and that they may unknowingly spread it to others. Yet these concerns are much more […] Read more »