Before Trump Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Republicans’ Attention to Pandemic Had Sharply Declined
About two-thirds of Republicans say the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have; 88% of Democrats disagree.
About two-thirds of Republicans say the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have; 88% of Democrats disagree.
63% of U.S. adults say the government has the responsibility to provide health care coverage for all, up slightly from 59% last year.
Americans give their country comparatively low marks for its handling of the pandemic – and people in other nations tend to agree.
After months of living amid a pandemic, many Americans expect their lives to remain changed even after the COVID-19 outbreak is over.
Americans are following the president's statements on the COVID-19 pandemic less closely than a few months ago.
In several countries, favorable views of the U.S. are at their lowest point since the Center began polling on this topic two decades ago.
For years, public trust in the federal government has hovered at near-record lows. That remains the case today, as the United States struggles with a pandemic and economic recession.
The spread of infectious diseases is the top concern in the U.S., UK, Japan and South Korea as global economic concerns grow.
Democrats are more concerned than Republicans about the ease of voting and the broader integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
The pandemic has had a divisive effect on a sense of national unity in many of the countries surveyed: A median of 46% feel more national unity now than before the coronavirus outbreak, while 48% think divisions have grown.