Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron: AP-NORC poll

By Michael Rubinkam and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press February 28, 2022 Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be infected after the rise and fall of the…

Poll: Equality concerns rise, but few say voting is too hard

By Nicholas Riccardi and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press March 10, 2022 DENVER (AP) — Majorities of Americans in both major parties think voting rules in their states are appropriate and support a voter identification law, but Democrats are increasingly worried about progress in voting rights for Black Americans. A new poll from The…

AP-NORC poll: Many Black Americans doubtful on police reform

By Aaron Morrison and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press March 15, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Few Americans believe there has been significant progress over the last 50 years in achieving equal treatment for Black people in dealings with police and the criminal justice system. Most Americans across racial and ethnic groups say more progress…

Biden approval hits new low at one-year mark: AP-NORC poll

By Aamer Madhani and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press January 20, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll…

Americans’ trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows

By Seth Borenstein and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press January 26, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans’ faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more, with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, new survey data shows. It’s the largest gap in nearly five decades of polling by the General…