President Biden’s standing with Americans has improved slightly over the past two months, but he remains in negative territory in most assessments of his performance in office and Republicans hold substantial advantages over Democrats on key economic indicators that are shaping the midterm election year, according to a Washington Post-ABC […] Read more »
GOP strong on crime, boosted by trust in inflation
Broad Republican advantages in trust to tame inflation and handle crime are keeping the party in a strong position for the 2022 midterm elections in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, albeit off the historic peak in vote preference the GOP attained last fall. Americans trust the Republican Party over […] Read more »
Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to trust the CDC
In a recent poll, YouGov asked 1,000 Americans their opinions on 18 federal government agencies and departments that have been the subject of controversy in recent years. This includes agencies including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Homeland Security. The findings […] Read more »
Trust in Media 2022: Where Americans get their news and who they trust for information
Americans of opposing political parties are sharply divided on how much they trust the news reported by national media organizations, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll. YouGov asked 1,500 Americans where they get their news from and how much they trust a variety of prominent media organizations and news anchors. […] Read more »
Biden: Crisis of credibility
It’s been another bad week for the president, as White House staffers, and Biden himself on Monday, tried to clean up a string of troubling gaffes made during his crucial trip to meet with NATO leaders as the Ukraine war continued to rage. … After months of verbal stumbles, what […] Read more »
CBS News poll analysis: After two years, most say COVID divided the country
Over the last two years, the country has witnessed illness and lives lost as a result of the COVID pandemic, but there is another lasting collective impact: division. Fighting the virus is an effort that Americans say has divided the country, not united it. The splits in public opinion we […] Read more »