Americans’ trust in medical scientists has grown since the coronavirus outbreak first upended everyday activities at workplaces, homes and schools across the nation. But there are growing divisions between Republicans and Democrats in the confidence they have in medical scientists. These partisan divides extend to perceptions of the risk posed […] Read more »
Does Partisanship Affect Compliance with Government Recommendations?
… I examine three cases of government vaccine recommendations – Smallpox in 2003, H1N1 in 2009, and measles in 2015. In the first case, the president, George W. Bush, was a Republican. In the latter two, the country was governed by a Democratic administration. Using survey data, I test whether […] Read more »
Expectations for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Across government, academia, and the private sector, efforts are underway to develop, test, and produce a vaccine against COVID-19. Viewed by experts as a critical component to ending the pandemic, half of Americans plan to get vaccinated when it becomes available, but half are skeptical. CONT. Associated Press-NORC Center for […] Read more »
Majority Continue to Call Trump’s Response a Failure
This release features findings from a national online survey of 1,011 registered voters conducted May 15-May 18, 2020. • Barack Obama is significantly more popular than Donald Trump, and the public places far more blame on the Trump administration for America’s failure to prepare for coronavirus than on the Obama […] Read more »
Many Are Wary of Re-Opening
Most Americans continue to view local restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus outbreak as appropriate, and a majority are concerned that lifting restrictions will result in additional infections. A number of requirements like quarantining people who have been exposed to the virus, face masks, widespread testing, and physical distancing […] Read more »
Anti-Mask Republicans Least Likely to Want Vaccine
This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,011 registered voters conducted May 12-May 15, 2020. • The share of Americans who believe the “worst is yet to come” continues to tick back up, as a second wave of infection and an economic […] Read more »