AP-NORC poll: Most losing jobs to virus think they’ll return

By Josh Boak and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press April 24, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — One out of every four American adults say someone in their household has lost a job to the coronavirus pandemic, but the vast majority expect those former jobs will return once the crisis passes, according to a new poll…

AP-NORC poll: Trump faces deep pessimism as election nears

By Julie Pace and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press September 17, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than seven weeks before Election Day, most Americans are deeply pessimistic about the direction of the country and skeptical of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 7 in 10 Americans think the nation is on the…

Poll: Virginians about evenly divided on Confederate statues

By Matthew Barakat and Ben Finley | The Associated Press September 29, 2020 FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — In a state where Confederate monuments have stood for more than a century and have recently become a flashpoint in the national debate over racial injustice, Virginians remain about evenly divided on whether the statues should stay or…

AP-NORC poll: Widespread support for virus relief package

By Emily Swanson and Josh Boak | The Associated Press April 2, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that positive views of the nation’s economy are down dramatically just since January, with 60% of Americans now saying the economy is “poor” after 67% called…

AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic

By Nicholas Riccardi and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press April 27, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, but a wide partisan divide suggests President Donald Trump’s public campaign against vote by mail may be resonating with his Republican backers.…