Americans this past weekend stepped up their already considerable efforts to engage in social distancing in response to the novel coronavirus. Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults now say they are avoiding public places like stores and restaurants, well ahead of the 54% reporting this last week. Nearly as many (68%) […] Read more »
The Uncertainty of Our New Normal: A Data Dump
… We should expect significant behavioral change as the COVID-19 reality modifies our data-to-day lives. To capture this, we partnered with Axios and published our first installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus poll on Wednesday this week. This will be our baseline to gauge behavioral change (companies, people, and governments) going […] Read more »
Worries about the Coronavirus Increase
As the scope of the global outbreak of COVID-19 continues to grow, along with intensifying efforts to stem its progress in the United States, Americans are becoming more worried about a possible infection from the new coronavirus. They report compliance with recommendations to curb the spread of the virus including […] Read more »
Americans are more worried about finances than their health amid coronavirus outbreak
… An exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll, taken Tuesday and Wednesday, finds Americans are worried about the novel coronavirus and are beginning to see its impact in their daily lives. Many express greater concern about what the pandemic may mean for their financial well-being than for their health. … The most […] Read more »
Big Pharma Sinks to the Bottom of U.S. Industry Rankings
The pharmaceutical industry is now the most poorly regarded industry in Americans’ eyes, ranking last on a list of 25 industries that Gallup tests annually. Americans are more than twice as likely to rate the pharmaceutical industry negatively (58%) as positively (27%), giving it a net-positive score of -31. The […] Read more »
Liberals and conservatives even vacation differently
With July 4th in the rearview mirror, we are officially into the season of summer getaways and escapes, but as with so many things, it may be hard to avoid partisan divide that defines the nation’s politics. Data from MRI-Simmons show how deeply the red/blue split runs through the culture, […] Read more »