AP-NORC poll: Low marks for Biden on economy as prices rise

By Josh Boak and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press March 24, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans say they don’t blame President Joe Biden for high gasoline prices, but they’re giving his economic leadership low marks amid fears of inflation and deep pessimism about economic conditions. About 7 in 10 Americans say…

Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war: AP-NORC poll

By Ben Fox and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated PressMarch 27, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War…

Americans ease up on masks, virus safeguards: AP-NORC poll

By Russ Bynum and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press March 29, 2022 Many Americans have taken significant steps back from once-routine coronavirus precautions, with less than half now saying they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds and skip nonessential travel. Americans are letting down their guard even as experts warn a new wave of COVID-19 cases is coming. A…

Poll: Stark racial gap in views on Black woman on high court

By Chris Megerian | The Associated Press February 24, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are starkly divided by race on the importance of President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, with white Americans far less likely to be highly enthusiastic about the idea than Black Americans — and especially…

On cusp of Biden speech, a state of disunity, funk and peril

By Calvin Woodward and Zeke Miller | The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — In good times or bad, American presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong” or words very much like…