Americans see risks in reopening the economy
Americans are continuing to take precautions: 75 percent, the highest percentage in Economist/YouGov Polls, are wearing face masks.
KATHLEEN A. FRANKOVIC is one of the world’s leading experts in public opinion polling. She has been an election and polling consultant for CBS News and other research organizations.
She speaks and writes internationally about public opinion research, journalism and elections as an invited speaker in places as diverse as Italy, Jordan, Hong Kong, Manila, Mexico, Lisbon, Chile and India. In 2009 she retired after more than 30 years at CBS News.
She received an A.B. from Cornell University in 1968, and a Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University in 1974. Before joining CBS News, she taught political science at the University of Vermont, and has also held visiting professorships at Cornell and at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Americans are continuing to take precautions: 75 percent, the highest percentage in Economist/YouGov Polls, are wearing face masks.
The latest Economist/YouGov Poll finds about half (49%) of the country say it's definitely or probably true that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory ...
Three in 10 Americans (31%) and a majority of Republicans (55%) say the allegations against Joe Biden are credible.
By more than two to one, however, today’s priority remains public health (68%) over protecting Americans from the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak ...
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren leads when Democratic voters are asked to volunteer their first choice for VP.
More than a quarter of adults (27%) view China as an enemy, the highest percentage since the start of the Trump administration.
More than eight in 10 who have heard about disinfectant as a COVID treatment call it both ineffective and dangerous.
Dr. Phil's medical advice is mostly distrusted by Americans, though Republicans are as likely to trust as distrust him.
By 43 percent to 28 percent, Americans say a smartphone app that could track their exposure to COVID-19 would be an invasion of privacy.
About three in five (61%) adults say they are doing this – up eight points since last week (53%).