California: Voter Views about Covid and K-12 Schools

In its latest survey, the Berkeley IGS Poll examined a range of issues relating to how the k-12 schools are dealing with the coronavirus. Below are some of the poll’s main findings.

There is strong bipartisan agreement among the overall electorate that the coronavirus has had a negative impact on the educational quality of the public schools in their own local area. …

Parents of school-age children display broad support for allowing in-person instruction to proceed at their child’s own school, with 79% in favor. …

Similar two-to-one majorities of the state’s voters approve of two policies aimed at containing the spread of the virus in the schools — adding coronavirus to the list of required vaccinations for k-12 students, and requiring students, teachers, and staff to wear masks while in school this year. CONTINUED

Mark DiCamillo, Berkeley IGS Poll


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