The Point Being

President Biden’s approval is riding (relatively) high, buoyed by his handling of the pandemic. With a new vaccine timeline from the president, promising small BBQs by July 4th, Chris, Mallory, Kate, and Sarah explore whether Americans pick up what the president is putting down and who still will not get the vaccine.

This week marked the beginning of Derek Chauvin’s trial, and next week will mark the first anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death. Reflecting back on these events, on this episode of the podcast, Kate and Sarah talk with Mallory and Chris about how views on race, policing, and the Black Lives Matter movement have evolved over the past ten months.

On this episode, Kate and Sarah talk with Mallory and Chris about where the public stands on masks and reopening as some states move to rollback pandemic restrictions. Plus, an added bonus about WFH burnout and how people currently working from home feel about going back to the office one day (spoiler: it's complicated).

This week Kate and Sarah talk with Mallory and Chris about new signs of hope on the economic front and how this may be connected to resurgent confidence in the government to handle the current crisis. As an added bonus, we also touch on an independent Ipsos survey looking at how sexual identity varies across generations.

This week Kate and Sarah talk with Mallory and Chris about the pandemic: how people feel about the vaccine, when people believe the pandemic will be over, and what people can expect the next normal to look like. For now, a plurality is not making concrete post-pandemic plans to travel or celebrate. Are people just burnt out right now, or has people's behavior changed for the foreseeable future?

We’re back…again! After a (long) hiatus, Chris Jackson and Mallory Newall are back with the Point Being podcast, joined by data journalists Sarah Feldman and Kate Morris. A new format, a new year… and another impeachment trial. This week, we explore attitudes around former President Trump’s second impeachment and find that the more things change the more they stay the same.

Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Second Trump Impeachment Trial

Axios/Ipsos Poll: Majority of Americans now support removing Trump from office

Conservative media consumers run the opinion gamut. How is conservative media responding?

How misinformation primed Trump’s supporters for Capitol riot

NPR/Ipsos: More than 1 in 3 Americans believe a ‘deep state’ is working to undermine Trump

Ipsos poll: Misinformation around U.S. Capitol unrest, election spreading among Americans

We’re back! Chris Jackson and Mallory Newall are back with a socially distant podcast, joined by data journalists Sarah Feldman and Kate Morris. This week, they dive into data on the current mood of the country, plus new polling for Axios and USA Today about COVID-19 and sentiments toward the protests happening across the country.

Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall, and Sara Machi discuss how Americans are responding to the Coronavirus and subsequent government actions.

Chris Jackson and Sara Machi delve into the results of the New Hampshire primary and their implications on the 2020 presidential election.

Despite all the recent events such as the Iowa Caucus and the State of the Union Address, Chris Jackson and Sara Machi discuss how American public opinion has stayed relatively constant.