Majorities on both sides of the aisle say they're somewhat or very concerned about the pandemic. But the partisan split over that concern mirrors political leadership.
As Americans slowly emerge from two months of coronavirus quarantine, partisan divides are emerging – and growing – right along with them, according to a recent survey.
President Donald Trump has struck an optimistic tone about the country's recovery from coronavirus as he pushes to reopen after lockdown orders to limit the spread of the disease shut down much of the country's economy. Among Republicans, 76% were concerned about the coronavirus in the United States, a 14 percentage point drop from April .
The Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape Project is a large-scale study of the American electorate. Throughout the 2020 election cycle, the researchers aim to conduct 500,000 interviews about policies and the presidential candidates. This survey of 6,663 Americans was conducted the week of May 14. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
Griffin said the survey showed"people are distrustful about what is happening," and the skepticism was a measure of how much they trusted the media, political authorities, and other sources of information. The skepticism about the severity of the pandemic was more pronounced among partisan lines. Americans on both sides of the aisle also said they believed it was definitely or probably true the country was concealing the true number of coronavirus deaths. Sixty percent of Americans said they believed the true number of deaths was concealed, up from 48% percent of Americans surveyed at the beginning of April.Sixty-seven percent of Democrats said they believed the true number of deaths was concealed, up from 54% in April.
The survey also found increased numbers of Americans believing the coronavirus came from a lab, with a large increase among Republicans.
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