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Making a hard choice: How we’re asking Americans about COVID and a return to normal
Given the importance of the ongoing public debate about easing COVID-19 restrictions, we conducted an experiment on YouGov’s U.S. News Survey to better understand the complexity of opinion underlying a recent question about whether or not Americans are ready to get back to normal.
16 Mar 2022Article
Why YouGov is changing how we ask people how many COVID-19 vaccine shots they’ve received
As a result of ongoing poll monitoring, YouGov is moving to a longer series of vaccination questions that ask for more specifics on doses.
23 Dec 2021Article
In 2021, even the weather is politicized
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to report noticing extreme weather in both the 14 heat wave states (78% vs. 49%) and elsewhere in the U.S. (70% vs 33%).
17 Aug 2021Article
How far might incentives nudge the hesitant toward getting COVID-19 vaccines?
Various enticements were most attractive to those already planning to get vaccinated, especially the prospect of getting easier access to things like travel, sports, entertainment and restaurants.
20 May 2021Article
Why YouGov is changing how we ask people whether they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine
The ongoing campaign to vaccinate Americans against COVID–19 presents a new benchmark available to evaluate survey results.
04 May 2021Article
The $1.9 trillion price tag increased support for COVID-19 relief
Support is significantly higher with the $1.9 trillion price tag attached (58%) than with it omitted (51%), with the difference coming entirely from those who are not sure.
01 Apr 2021Article
How personal experience shaped public opinion on COVID-19
For some, knowing someone infected or killed by COVID-19 helped confirm early worries obtained from news accounts. For others, the lack of personal experience allowed the partisan political environment to play a larger role.
19 Mar 2021Article
Vaccine acceptance is rising in America
The surge in acceptance is largest among Democrats and Democratic leaners (21% to 73%), but acceptance has also grown among Republicans and Republican leaners (21% to 41%) and non-leaning Independents (18% to 42%).
04 Mar 2021Article
Opinions on the Supreme Court before the Texas case
Most Biden voters are convinced that the Supreme Court is conservative (72%) while Trump voters describe the Court as moderate (55%).
11 Dec 2020Article
Trump voters no more ‘shy’ than Biden voters
About the same number of Biden and Trump supporters said they “never” discuss politics with other people.
02 Nov 2020