Americans are worried about this election. And who can blame them? Each day, a new story, whether true, false or overblown, creates fresh anxiety about mail-in voting or polling places. A battleground-state survey conducted by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project shows that registered voters harbor worries about voting in this […] Read more »
Most Americans say Trump acted irresponsibly and distrust White House on his health
Two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS in the days following the announcement that the President had contracted the virus that has disrupted everyday life for millions of people for […] Read more »
Voters don’t trust President Trump and the White House to be honest about the president’s health
Registered voters are skeptical about information coming from the executive branch as President Donald Trump undergoes treatment for COVID-19 — a doubt that began nearly as soon as the president announced his diagnosis on Friday. CONT. Linley Sanders, YouGov The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll […] Read more »
Trump’s other coronavirus complication: His credibility gap
The president who once dictated his own doctor’s note is now asking a worried nation to trust his doctors’ notes. President Donald Trump’s bout with coronavirus amounts to the most serious medical crisis facing a president since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 — and now Trump’s long history of […] Read more »
Could Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Influence The Race?
Only 31 days until the election. The pace is relentless. First Trump’s tax returns came to light; the nation witnessed a presidential debate more like a MMA cage match than a gentlemanly conversion; and Trump tested positive for COVID. Wow, what a week! Any one of these facts could have […] Read more »
Trump’s Covid News Meets a Landscape Primed for Mistrust
Was it a hoax? Was it a lie? Was the president sicker than he claimed — or not sick at all? (What does “mild” mean, and how is it different from “moderate”?) Was there any way this alarming news was an ultra-cynical con? Waking up on Friday to the stunning […] Read more »