When PRRI polled Americans in March, 79% said they would be likely to avoid going to the movies as a result of the coronavirus. In the weeks since, many new film releases have gone online as theaters around the nation closed. Now, some states are allowing theaters to re-open, which Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post calls “a risk-reward calculation.” Hornaday wonders whether certain types of films will be best spent viewed at home. “Prudent safety measures and sound medical guidance will get me back into the theater, but unreservedly entering the world on screen will depend on what it’s always depended on: the movies themselves,” she writes.

After hitting historic favorability highs for his presidency in March, President Donald Trump dropped to 43% national favorability in April, according to PRRI. William A. Galston, the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, recently analyzed where Trump’s numbers could go in the next six months. Galston notes that Trump is losing ground among senior citizens and white working class women — two groups heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “Trump is betting his presidency on the consequences of reopening America’s economy and society. If it goes well—if people can return to work and socialize in public places without triggering an upsurge in COVID-19 infections—his wavering supporters may well return to the fold,” Galston writes. “If it goes badly, they probably will not be the only members of his 2016 coalition to jump ship.”

Students in Montgomery County, Maryland will have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge in a new “LGBTQ+ Studies” course slated for next spring. School board member Patricia O’Neil praised the new curriculum and the community’s commitment to equality. “I feel like we’ve come so far in having an open conversation and for students to have the right to take this social studies elective in recognition of the times we live in,” O’Neill tells WTOP. Recent PRRI data shows that young people support nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Americans. Younger Democrats ages 18-29 (85%) and ages 30-49 (84%) favor LGBT nondiscrimination laws. Just under eight in ten (78%) young independents ages 18-29, and two-thirds (66%) of young Republicans ages 18-29 favor nondiscrimination protections.

The U.S. Supreme Court held its final arguments of the term on Wednesday, spending two hours discussing what to do in the case of a “faithless elector.” A “faithless elector” describes when a state’s electoral college ignores the popular vote of their constituents. “The overwhelming majority of electors don’t attempt to break ranks, but faithless votes have been sprinkled throughout the nation’s history, starting with the first contested presidential election in 1796,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg questioned the impact of ruling on something that rarely occurs. More than six in ten (65%) of the country believes that presidential elections should be decided by popular vote while about one-third (32%) prefer the electoral college, according to PRRI data. A ruling is expected this summer.