Welcome to the Pollapalooza, our weekly poll roundup.
The Poll(s) by the end of the week
So far, Actions have been largely supported, using social distancing to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. According to the A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll published this week, ” most Americans agree that it’s necessary to wear a mask, stay-at-home-when possible, avoid past gathering videos, and keep 6 feet away from others in public. And while Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say these measures are important, sizable majorities in both parties still agree that they are necessary. But while the Americans are mostly on the same page about the current social-distancing measures, there are also signs that they increasingly understood disagree about where the crisis is a head, with Democrats saying the worst is yet to come, and Republicans saying the worst is behind us.
According to the The CNN poll released this week, nearly three-quarters of Democrats said the worst of the crisis is still ahead of us, while only about a quarter of Republicans said the same. This marked a 15-percentage-point drop among Democrats since CNN last asked the question in April, and the The 44-drop-point – among Republicans. The The city/the Economist poll also found a similar split this week; 58 percent of Democrats say the pandemic is going to get worse compared with only 20 percent of Republicans. The pollster included a third choice’, ‘ We are currently in the worst part of the pandemic,” which just over 20 percent of both and Democrats Republicans chose.) And the daily tracking poll conducted by the Navigator Research also found that between mid-April and early-May, the share of Americans who thought that was the worst yet to come ” declined sharply. However, that number has been ticking back up again, since May 4, which may reflect increased concern that the virus will spread to the more states will begin to ease restrictions on businesses and the public, past gathering videos.
The polls this week also show that Americans are adjusting their expectations about when the need for social distancing is likely to end. According to the Washington Post/University of Maryland poll, two-thirds of Americans think that it will be at least the end of July, before the people can safely gather in groups of 10 or more, up from the 45 percent who thought so a month ago. This month’s total includes 80 percent of the and Democrats 54 of the Republicans. And in this week’s the city/the Economist poll found that a 47 percent plurality, including a third of Republicans and almost two-thirds of Democrats — believe it will be at least September before it is safe to the end of the social distancing measures.
Concerns about catching the virus have stayed fairly consistent over the month of May so far. According to Genesis Brand’s of coronaviruses poll tracker, the share of Americans who say they are “somewhat” or “very” concerned that they or someone they know will get sick, stayed mostly steady at about 68 percent.
The share of Americans who say they’re concerned about the virus”s impact on the economy has also stayed about the same — at home at around 87 percent for the past six weeks.
The share of Americans who approve of the Trump”s handling of the virus-specific response, however, has declined by about 4 points over the past month, though, that in the shorter term, his rating remains ” essentially unchanged, with 43.3 percent approving of the job he’s doing handling the pandemic this week, and 43.5 percent approving last week.
Attitudes toward Trump”s handling of the crisis are, expectedly, very partisan, with a majority of Republicans approving and a majority of Democrats opposed. Feelings seem to be more mixed about leaders outside the federal government, however — according to a new Pew Research pollstate and local officials, on average, continue to enjoy more bipartisan support, than Trump’s. However, Republicans appear to be souring on local and state building officials’ work faster than the Democrats are. For instance, since March, the share of Republicans who think their local elected officeholders are doing a “good” or “excellent” job, has declined by 12 points, while the share of Democrats who say the same, you have remained unchanged at 66 percent. Likewise, the Republican approval of the job the state building officials were new, declined by 12 percentage points, while Democratic approval dropped by only 5 points. Additionally, Republicans, who were more likely than Democrats to rate public-health officials such as those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention favorably in March, were less likely to do so now. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans said health officials are doing a “good” or “excellent” job, and down 16 points since March, while about three-quarters of Democrats felt the health officials were doing good job in both polls.
However, at this point, the majority of Americans are not yet frequenting public places — despite growing disagreement on where the coronavirus crisis is headed next. The The Morning Consult poll conducted last week at the Act, about whether they’re going to public places and socializing with others, and it didn’t find much of a partisan gap in reported behavior. So for now at least, it seems like many Americans are staying put, although that’s might change in the coming weeks.
The Other entered in bytes
- According to the The Morning Consult/the Politico poll, Of the 71 percent of voters — including 58 percent of Republicans and 82 percent of Democrats — said that the president and the vice-president ought to be able to wear face masks in public places when they travel. Trump recently failed to wear a mask from the tour of the mask’s production facility in Phoenixand the Vice-Chairman, Mike Pence didn’t wear one when visiting for coronavirus testing-site at the Mayo Clinic last month, although he later said he should have (he did wear them when one is visiting a ventilator factory in Indiana, a few days later).
- The The city/CBS News poll found in that Act were evenly split on whether they thought the new coronavirus was “something from nature” or “is created by people, on purpose, with about two-thirds of Republicans saying it was manufactured, and over two-thirds of Democrats saying it occurred naturally. Scientists have not found evidence that the virus was created.
- Half of Americans say they would be “somewhat” or “very” likely to use a cell phone-based contact tracing system to determine if they had come into contact with someone who was diagnosed with the coronavirus if the system were established by the CDC and public health officials. But the other half of the respondents said they wouldn’t use such a system, according to an Ipsos/poll-a. c.. And if the efland were spearheaded by the cell phone or the internet providers, the major tech companies (or the federal government, only about a third of Americans said they’d be likely to use it.
- An SSRS/CNN poll conducted last week found former executive Vice-President, Joe Biden, with a 5-point lead over Trump’s nationally, but in the 15 battleground states, Trump led Biden to 52 percent to 45 percent. The poll did not break out voter preference by battleground state, however it sampled people in the 15 battleground states and reported the results in aggregate. That makes it hard to know in which states the Trump may have been an advantage.
- According to polling from the Levada Center, an independent pollster in Moscow, Russia, President, Vladimir Putin”s approval ratings you have fallen to 59 percent, the lowest they have been in more than six years.
Trump’s approval
According to Genesis Brand”s presidential approval tracker, 52.0 percent of Americans approve of the job the Trump is doing to the president, while 43.6 percent disapprove (a net approval rating of -8.4 points). At this time last week, 43.3 percent approved, and 51.4 percent disapproved (that is, the net approval rating of -8.1 points). One month ago, Trump had an approval rating of 44.3 percent and a disapproval rating of 51.4 percent, for a net approval rating of -7.1 points.
The Generic ballot
In our average of polls of the generic congressional ballot, Democrats currently lead by 7.7 percentage points (48.9 percent to 41.2 percent). A week ago, Democrats led Republicans by 7.9 points (48.5 percent to 40.6 percent). At this time last month, voters preferred Democrats by 7.8 points (about 48.6 percent to 40.8 percent).
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