Texas voters are concerned about the coronavirus and believe it presents a serious crisis, and they are deeply worried about the economy, unemployment and the health care system. But they also think the disease could be contained enough to return daily life to normal within a few months, according to […] Read more »
Americans Trust Governors Most Among Economic Players
More than two in three Americans (68%) say they have “a great deal” or a “fair amount” of confidence in their state’s governor to make the right economic recommendations — a higher level of confidence than they have for federal leaders, including President Donald Trump (47%) as well as Republican […] Read more »
Financial Trust Index: Coronavirus and its impact in the U.S.
A special wave of the Financial Trust Index (FTI), which captures the level of trust that Americans have in institutions, shows a high level of compliance with the social-distance guidelines and the stay-at-home orders. The survey is administered by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Northwestern University’s […] Read more »
Navigating the ‘infodemic’: how people in six countries access and rate news and information about coronavirus
In this report, we use survey data collected in late March and early April 2020 to document and understand how people in six countries (Argentina, Germany, South Korea, Spain, the UK, and the US) accessed news and information about COVID-19 in the early stages of the global pandemic, how they […] Read more »
CDC, Dr. Fauci and WHO most trusted to tell the truth about coronavirus pandemic
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,015 registered voters conducted April 10-April 15, 2020. • For the third day in a row, Trump’s approval rating on handling the coronavirus pandemic is underwater.• The Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and […] Read more »
In four devastating weeks, Americans’ fears of the coronavirus have exploded
One month later, Americans’ views of the coronavirus have undergone a seismic shift. The pandemic’s impact on their daily lives and their assessments of the perils it poses have exploded, a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, amid rising uncertainty about when routine daily activities will seem safe again. The changes […] Read more »