Each evening for the past several weeks, President Trump, officials from his administration and representatives of the White House coronavirus task force have assembled in the White House briefing room or in the Rose Garden to provide updates to the press on the coronavirus pandemic. The most prominent voice in […] Read more »
4 in 10 Americans Report Losing Their Jobs or Work-Related Income Due to the Coronavirus Crisis
With coronavirus cases rising and businesses shutting down, four in 10 (39%) U.S. residents say they already have lost a job or income due to the crisis, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. This includes most part-time workers (54%), as well as nearly half of parents with children under […] Read more »
Navigating Coronavirus: Public Looks to Fauci
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,010 registered voters conducted March 27-April 1, 2020. • Americans say they are concerned by Trump’s failure to take responsibility and by his chaotic handling of the pandemic. • Those with “mixed views on Trump” […] Read more »
Covid-19 Is Twisting 2020 Beyond All Recognition
… When the best-case scenario predicts 100,000 to 240,000 deaths, the pandemic reminds us just how important it is who holds the reins of power. This is especially the case when one crucial question will be whether widespread suffering, panic and economic collapse will destabilize the American political system and […] Read more »
Americans Showing Resolve Through COVID-19 Crisis
An overwhelming majority of Americans (88%) are confident the country will get through the COVID-19 crisis and be OK when it’s over, according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll. The poll, a partnership between Grinnell College and nationally renowned pollster J. Ann Selzer of Selzer & […] Read more »
The coronavirus polling bump is real. But Trump’s is abnormally small.
President Trump’s job approval ratings are up as the public generally approves of his response to the coronavirus crisis. That positive bump is small, however, compared with the bumps for other Western leaders. … Trump’s relatively paltry polling gains are surely related to the extreme level of distrust he has […] Read more »