In this starkly atypical year, the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election has been similarly out of the ordinary – with President Donald Trump thus far refusing to concede to President-elect Joe Biden (as of publication on Dec. 15). But a new Pew Research Center survey finds familiar partisan patterns in how Republicans and Democrats are reacting to the latest news developments, including both the unfolding political drama and the autumn surge in coronavirus cases across the country. …
Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided over whether the coronavirus outbreak has been exaggerated or not, though compared with before the election, slightly fewer Republicans now say the virus has been made a bigger deal than it really is. CONTINUED
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