Tracking the vast impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on the American public, our most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that 77 percent of Americans report disruption in their lives because of the crisis and a third say they or an immediate family member have been laid off or lost a job. It’s been picked up by CNN Politics, Politico, The Hill, Townhall, The Washington Times, Newsweek and the Daily Mail, among others. The poll also looked forward to November 2020, with election coverage by Bloomberg, Politico, USA Today and The Guardian.

Our Bloomberg® Consumer Comfort Index™ measures the impact of the crisis on the public’s economic attitudes; see these reports at Bloomberg News and Business Insider.

Our ABC News/Washington Post poll leading up to the Iowa caucuses covered the state of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination as well as public attitudes toward impeachment, the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump’s handling of the situation with Iran. It’s been picked up by The New York Times (here and here), MSNBC, Vox, Newsmax, Politico (here and here), The Guardian, The Hill, Townhall, Military Times and local media including Dayton Daily News and KGAN TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – among others. 

Our new ABC News/Washington Post poll on impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump has been reported by news organizations – beyond ABC and the Post – including The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, Vanity Fair, Yahoo News, The Hill, Business Insider and local media such as KOLO TV in Reno, Nevada.

Catching up on this – one of our proudest accomplishments this past year is a study we conducted for the American Statistical Association on its members’ experiences of sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination at ASA events and in other academic or professional settings.

Among women who participated in the study, 33 percent reported at least one incident of sexually inappropriate behavior or gender-based discrimination at one or more ASA events. Many reported repeat occurrences, including in the recent past. Most common was gender-based disrespect or condescension, followed by different treatment (e.g., in the quality or nature of assignments) based on sex or gender.

Fourteen percent reported having experienced sexual harassment or behavior that may have been harassing. Many more, 58 percent, reported experiences of sexual harassment or possible harassment in a workplace, graduate program or other career-related venue or meeting unrelated to the ASA. Qualitative comments underscored feelings of being demeaned personally and disrespected professionally, with consequent emotions including frustration, anger, resentment and self-doubt.

The ASA presented our findings at its annual meeting last summer and has used them – including policy recommendations offered by more than 800 of its members – in formulating new policies and procedures designed to address sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination at the association’s events.

Read the ASA’s summary and our full report to the association.

The ABC News/Washington Post poll is one of just six public opinion surveys to be awarded an A+ rating for methodology and accuracy by FiveThirtyEight this week, out of 430 surveys the polling analysis website reviewed. It’s a three-peat for the ABC/Post poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates: We previously received A+ grades from FiveThirtyEight in 2016 and 2018 alike.

Our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll this past week covered public attitudes on impeachment, the 2020 election and the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakhar al-Baghdadi. Beyond coverage by ABC News and The Washington Post, media pickup included pieces in USA Today, on CNN (here and here) in Newsweek (here and here), on Yahoo News (here and here), on the news sites Axios, Politico and RealClearPolitics, in Bloomberg Government, the New York Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Hill, Roll Call, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Providence Journal and the (U.K.) Sun, among others.

Donald Trump’s approval rating dropped by 6 points in the most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, with five Democratic contenders leading Trump in head-to-head matchups. The survey also included a look at the Democratic primary race in advance of the third debate and the issue of gun policy as Congress returned to Washington. It’s been picked by CNN, CNBC (here and here), MSNBC, USA Today (here and here), Vox, Newsweek, Politico here and here, The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Washington Monthly, Washington Examiner, Salon, Business Insider, Newsmax, The Crime Report and the South China Morning Post, among others.

Frustrated by poor pay and underfunded schools, half of public school teachers nationally have seriously considered leaving the profession in the past few years and majorities say that given the opportunity, they’d vote to strike. These are just a few of the results from the 51^st annual Phi Delta Kappa Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools painting a portrait of broad teacher discontent.

Among other notable results:

• Sixty percent of teachers say they’re unfairly paid, and 55 percent say they’d vote to go on strike for higher pay.
• Parents and the public overall mainly stand with them; 74 percent of parents and 71 percent of all adults say they would support a strike by teachers in their community for higher pay.
• Seventy-five percent of teachers say the schools in their community are underfunded. Fifty-eight percent say they’d vote to strike for higher funding for school programs, and 52 percent say they’d support a strike for greater teacher say in academic policies on standards, testing and the curriculum.
• A majority of teachers, 55 percent, would not want their child to follow them into the profession, chiefly citing inadequate pay and benefits, job stress and feeling disrespected or undervalued.

Now in its fourth consecutive year produced by Langer Research Associates, the PDK Poll includes a national random sample of public school teachers, adding their voices to those of parents and the general public on issues in public education. See media coverage by The Washington Post, CNBC, Forbes, The Hill, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Education Week Teacher, Education Dive, EdSurge, The 74, AJC, Education Writers Association, The College Fix and the CATO Institute, among others.

Donald Trump reached the highest job approval rating of his presidency in our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, but faces tough matchups against top Democratic contenders in his bid for reelection. The survey also covered the 2020 Democratic field and views on abortion policy. Beyond ABC and the Post, the poll received widespread media coverage, including pickup in The Los Angeles Times, CNN, USA Today, NBC News, Fox News, FiveThirtyEight, MSNBC, The Hill, Politico, CNBC, Slate, Yahoo, The New York Post, the New York Daily News, The Independent, Axios, Mother Jones, Newsday, MarketWatch, Daily Kos, and Christian Broadcasting News.

Digital Promise Global, an education innovation nonprofit, has recently released the results of its first national public opinion poll covering student potential and achievement, learner variability, tailored approaches to learning, the use of educational technology and what teachers rely on to do their work. The report explores differences and commonalities among public school parents, teachers and the public at large on these topics, among others.

The most notable results include:

• At least 75 percent of public school parents, teachers and the American public alike believe most students are capable of reaching high levels of educational achievement – but only 19 to 29 percent say most students are reaching those levels today.
• Vast majorities see tailored instruction as the “better way for students to learn,” with more than six in 10 feeling that way strongly.
• Support for learner variability is seen as lacking, with only 35 percent of the general public, 42 percent of parents and 53 percent of teachers saying public schools currently do an excellent or good job in this area.
• There’s broad support for the use of edtech in schools, even though few are convinced it makes a great difference in improving student learning outcomes.

Survey production and analysis was conducted by Langer Research Associates, with the report produced by Digital Promise Global’s Learner Variability Project. Read more about the report on the Digital Promise Global LVP site.