(Axios) Most U.S. parents say it would be risky to send their children back to school in the fall — including a slim majority of Republicans and a staggering nine in 10 Black Americans — in this week’s installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Why it matters: President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have threatened to withhold federal funds from schools that don’t reopen. The new findings suggest that this pressure campaign could backfire with many of the voters to whom Trump is trying to appeal ahead of the election.
The big picture: Week 16 of our national poll finds that only one in three Americans trust the federal government to look out for their family’s interests — a new low — with people’s confidence also sliding (but still higher) in their state and local governments and the Federal Reserve.