Most Americans say despite ongoing research, ways to limit spread of COVID-19 are well understood
70% of Americans say the core strategies for containing COVID-19 are well understood, even though studies have yielded conflicting advice.
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70% of Americans say the core strategies for containing COVID-19 are well understood, even though studies have yielded conflicting advice.
Hispanic registered voters in the U.S. express growing confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to handle key issues like the coronavirus outbreak.
Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.
Americans’ confidence in checking COVID-19 information aligns closely with their confidence in checking the accuracy of news stories broadly.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
Some 61% of U.S. adults say they follow COVID-19 news at both the national and local level equally, and 23% say they pay more attention to local news.
Americans’ expectations for the year ahead include an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19, as well as a vaccine to prevent the disease.
Mail-in ballots accounted for just over half of this year’s primary votes cast in the 37 states (plus D.C.) for which data is available.
65% of Americans say the option to vote early or absentee should be available to any voter without requiring a documented reason.
Assessments of national economies have seen swift downturns in many countries, and few see improvements anytime soon.
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