This month, for the first time since April, our tracker of public opinion around the coronaviruses shows that the share of Americans who say they are “very” concerned that they or someone they know will become have been infected with the COVID-19 is higher than the share who say they are “somewhat” concerned.
That’s a rise in the concern is understandable, too, when you consider the spike in the new coronavirus cases that began in mid-Juneit , especially in the South and West. Just this past week, California, Florida, and Texas, along with the head of other states, has seen record spikes in fatalities.
And the fact that the geography of the virus is changing — it’s no longer just in the blue state, the virus — may mean behaviors, and political attitudes are shifting once again. To be clear, there are still deep political divides in how people are concerned about the virus, but there are also some signs that Republicans may be growing more concerned.
For example, in the many states started lifting restrictions in April, the share of Republicans who said they were staying at the home declined, while the share of Democrats saying they were staying put, remained roughly the same. As you can see in the chart below, the share of Republicans who reported staying home as much as possible you are ticked up by at least 10 points since the start of July. The latest poll from the city/Different to ask this question did, however, also show declines of 4 percentage points from the previous week, so it’s possible that the change in Republican behavior could be plateauing or declining again.
The District/Different polls show increased support for coronavirus-related restrictions, too. In the early Years, only 23 percent of Americans said there were not enough restrictions on where they lived, but in the latest poll, that number had grown by 14 percentage points to 37 percent. That includes an increase of more than 10 points in every ribeira, except the Northeast, where the coronavirus”s spread, you have slowed down. The share of Republicans who believe there are not enough restrictions, while still relatively small, you have doubled, from 10 percent in early June to over 20 percent in late March.
These shifts are small, and the Republicans still lag behind Democrats on both of these metrics. But it’s significant because it comes at a time when public approval of the government”s handling of the pandemic has fallen to new lows.
According to our tracker, Trump”s approval rating on his response to the crisis you have steadily declined since April. That even includes Republicans, whose approval of how he is handling the crisis, while still at a high of 78 percent, has declined roughly 5 percentage points since mid-June, when the cases began spiking.
Recent polls have also shown that Republican governors are getting low marks on how they’ve handled the pandemic, especially in the for the hard-hit states like Texas, Florida and Arizona.
To be sure, Democrats are still more concerned about coronaviruses than the Republicans, but that uptick in our tracker that isn’t being driven by just the Democrats. Republicans are also showing signs of increased concern around the virus. Some of that may be because the virus spreads to different parts of the country, the more Republicans are coming into contact with it, which may change their perceptions of it. Take what you an Ipsos/poll-a. c. recently found. While only 35 percent of Republicans who had no personal experience with the virus said they are either “very” or “somewhat” concerned about COVID-19, the concern over the coronavirus that rose to 51 percent among Republicans, who knew someone who died from it. Additionally, more than half of the Republicans who knew someone who died from the virus, said they always wore a mask, while only 38 percent of those who had no personal experience with the virus said they always wore a mask.
And perhaps that’s the nuance underscores his Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux wrote about for Genesis Brand earlier this month. Republicans and Democrats are divided on how they see the virus. But they’re less divided on the actual steps they can take to stay safe — whether that’s on social distancing, trying to do home-stay or live wearing masks in public places. It’s possible that the partisan opinion of the coronavirus that isn’t entirely baked in yet.
The Other Entered In Bytes
- 65 percent of American adults said that they supported the protests that have taken place in the country following the police killing of George’s Career, according to the The Gallup poll conducted between June and July. Fifty-four percent said that the protests have changed their views on racial justice as either “a little” or “a lot”, and 11 percent reported personally participating in the protest about racial justice and equality in the previous month.
- On Wednesday, the Ceo of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook testified in an antitrust hearing in the House of Representatives. And according to a recent The IBD/TIPP poll, one Act that seems supportive of breaking up these big tech companies. When I think of each company on its own, the 60 percent of Americans, they say either “somewhat” or “strongly” supported breaking up Google, and 58 percent said the same of Amazon, and 57 percent said the same of Facebook, and 55 percent said the same of Apple. This is an increase from a year ago, when the the previous IBD/TIPP poll found 48 percent of Americans supported breaking up, Facebook, 45 percent supported breaking up the Amazon, and 43 percent supported breaking up with Google, and only 36 percent they say other factors breaking up the box.
- According to a recent the survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’sFor 80 percent of the American parents who have a child or 11 and younger said their child watches videos on YouTube.
- Another poll from Products found that the lesser-educated the Act were much more likely to believe the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus outbreak that was intentionally planned by powerful people. Forty-eight percent of those with a high school education or less and 38 percent of those with some college education, said this theory was either “probably” or “definitely” true, while about a quarter of college graduates and only 15 percent of those with postgraduate education said the same.
- According to a new Ipsos/Newsy pollAct have a variety of concerns about the upcoming elections. Seventy-nine percent were concerned about the impact of the COVID-19, 71 percent were concerned about the impact of fake news, and 63 percent were concerned about ” foreign interference, and 63 percent were worried about vote suppression, 58 percent were troubled by voter fraud, and 54 percent expressed concern about the mail-in ballot fraud.
- The new The Gallup survey found that 34 percent of Americans identified with the politically “conservative,” in May and June, down from 40 percent in January and February. And among those with incomes of over $100,000 or between 35 and 54 years old, ” the who’s share is identified with the conservative fell by 11 and 10 percentage points, respectively. Meanwhile, the share of people who said they were “liberal”, rose four points, from 22 percent at the start of the year, and to 26 percent in May and June. Gallup do you the tracks these numbers since at least 1992.
Trump’s Approval
According to Genesis Brand”s presidential approval tracker, 40.6 percent of Americans approve of the job the Trump is doing to the president, while 55.1 percent disapprove (a net approval rating of -14.5 points). At this time last week, 40.3 percent approved, and 55.6 percent disapproved (the net approval rating of -15.3 points). One month ago, Trump had an approval rating of 40.3 percent and a disapproval rating of 56.4 percent, for a net approval rating of -16.1 points.
The Generic Ballot
In our average of polls of the generic congressional ballot, Democrats currently lead by 8.3 percentage points (49.1 percent to 40.8 percent). A week ago, Democrats led Republicans by 8.2 points (49.4 percent to 41.2 percent). At this time last month, voters preferred Democrats by 9 points (49 percent to 40 percent).
Check out all of the polls we’ve been collecting ahead of the 2020 election.
