Poll: Most Americans embarrassed by U.S. response to coronavirus - CNNPolitics
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(CNN)Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say the US response to the coronavirus outbreak makes them feel embarrassed, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as 62% of the public says President Donald Trump could be doing more to fight the outbreak.
The new poll finds disapproval of Trump's handling of the outbreak at a new high, 58%, as the share who say the worst of the pandemic is yet to come has risen to 55% after dropping through the spring. And as the virus has spread from the nation's cities throughout its countryside, the number who know someone who's been diagnosed with the virus has jumped dramatically to 67%, up from 40% in early June. And Americans are angry. About 8 in 10 say they are at least somewhat angry about the way things are going in the country today, including an astonishing 51% who say they are very angry. CNN has asked this question in polling periodically since 2008, and the previous high for the share who said they were "very angry" was 35%, reached in 2008 and 2016. A narrow majority of Americans, 52%, say they are not comfortable returning to their regular routines right now, and in the last two months, this group's expectations for when they might return to life as it was before the coronavirus have changed dramatically. In June, just 9% overall said they weren't comfortable now and didn't think they would be this year. Now, that figure stands at 26%.
Two of the most notable markers of resuming regular life -- returning to school and the restart of professional sports -- divide people. Read More Nearly 6 in 10 (57%) say schools in their area should not be open for in-person instruction this fall, while 39% say they should be open. Parents are more apt to say schools should open (47%), but a narrow majority say they should not (52%). This issue is sharply driven by partisanship: 74% of Republicans say their local schools should be open vs. 12% of Democrats. Whether pro sports should continue after disruption to some Major League Baseball games due to outbreaks among the players and staff divides the public about evenly: 49% say they should not be playing games, and 45% say they should.
The partisan divisions that have been the hallmark of public opinion on the coronavirus continue in this new poll. Democrats (76%) and independents (58%) are far more likely to say the worst is yet to come in the outbreak than are Republicans (26%), and the poll finds a massive 64-point gap between the percentages of Republicans and Democrats who say they are comfortable returning to their regular routines today (82% among Republicans, 18% among Democrats). Democrats are nearly unanimous in saying they are more embarrassed than proud about the American response to the virus (93% embarrassed, 5% proud), while Republicans are mostly proud (61% say so vs. 33% who are embarrassed). And anger in this election lies more among the backers of former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president, than supporters of Trump. In July 2016, 54% of Trump supporters said they were "very angry" about the way things were going in the US; now, 34% feel that way. Among Biden's backers, 75% are very angry, up from 18% of Hillary Clinton voters who felt that way.
The poll finds a decline in the share of Americans who say they would try to get vaccinated against the coronavirus if a vaccine became widely available at a low cost: 56% say they would try to do so now, while 66% felt that way in May. The dip comes across several demographic divides but seems to be concentrated among Trump supporters, 51% of whom said they would seek out a vaccine in May compared with 38% who say the same now. Most Americans, though, are confident that the ongoing trials to develop a coronavirus vaccine are properly balancing speed and safety as they move forward (62% say they are at least somewhat confident, and 37% not too or not at all confident). That includes rare cross-party agreement: 68% of Democrats are confident about that, as are 66% of Republicans. In one positive note for Trump in these findings, his approval rating for handling the economy has ticked up to 51%.
But Americans don't yet see much improvement in the economic downturn caused by th4e coronavirus. In fact, 43% now say the economy is continuing to worsen, up from 36% who felt that way in June. About a quarter (25%) say the economy is beginning to recover and 31% think it has stabilized, no longer worsening but also not yet improving. About half say they are facing financial hardship due to the coronavirus, a figure that has held roughly steady since April. The CNN Poll was conducted by SSRS August 12 through 15 among a random national sample of 1,108 adults reached on landlines or cellphones by a live interviewer, including 987 registered voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. It is 4.0 points among registered voters.
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It's interesting , in a pathetic sort of way, that Trump keeps bragging about how soon there will be a vaccine while surveys reveal that many Trump supporters say they will not allow themselves to be vaccinated against covid-19 (because they are conspiracy nuts)
President Donald Trump could be doing more to fight the outbreak.
What more should he be doing that he hasn't?
New cases are trending down now.
tRump hasn't done ANYTHING.
We'll leave it to others that want to waste time in presenting the same facts again to you Greg. [deleted]
Still awaiting some facts. In the meantime, you continue to violate the C-o-C.
No Greg.... you don't care about the facts because they have been presented multiple times before to you....In detail.
You just like to waste people's time on the issue.
When we are shunned worldwide for our response and when you see both Canada and Mexico closing the borders to us it should be a wake up call to every American how terrible the response was on every level imaginable. We have not been "made great" by the total lack of leadership on the defining issue of our century.
And the best Trump can do is point fingers at other countries and state their percentage increases because saying that they increased by 9 more infections (compared to 42,000+ for the US), does not sound nearly as bad as the percentage.
how terrible the response was on every level imaginable
Can you go into more detail? Vague and ambiguous statements don't amount to much.
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You can put me on ignore instead of taunting and making negative personal comments...instead of answering some pretty easy questions.
Does that mean you can't support your comments, and that your accusations are false?
From this point forward....
don't respond to me directly, or refer to me by name. I've had it with the personal insults
Hey Greg..... It's not my fault that you never respond with links to supportable facts to support your positions. You want to debate.... then bring the data!
I may get tagged for this, but Perrie has provided one hell of a site for us to discuss things on. I challenge you to make meaningful contributions.
On this exact question that you keep posting about what Trump could have done differently, and you have been given countless links and data from many members to learn from. One can only surmise by your repeated actions that you are not interested in fact or details, only being a nuisance.
Prove me wrong and prove your better than this. Put together, and seed an article on your own for discussion. Invite discussion of something you are particularly interested in, and challenge us all with it.
No comment on the challenge eh?
Well then I'll leave you with..... "Give a hoot.... Don't pollute!"
There has been no response by this 'president' and all states have been left to their own devices since it began.
Here's something to consider. I live in Weld Co. CO. Our county's primary income is from agriculture and fracking/oil drilling. We have 19% of the states total cases and 22% of Colorado's total deaths. nearly all of the covid cases are found among the JBL meat packing plant employees and their families. It makes you wonder how much infected meat in going out to the public?
Nothing to consider DH. The meat processing plant is considered an essential industry, so it needs to be kept open at all costs. (Per those in the WH that want's their Mc Nuggets) I'm betting that JBL has done next to nothing to protect it's workers from each other with respect to Covid. I'm also betting that an overwhelming number of those workers are immigrants from south of the border. Brown people..... can't protect their health, but got to keep them pushing out hamburger patties for minimum wage.
The story there is no different from any of the other meat processing facilities through out the Midwest. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio... different location same story.
As far as infected meat..... Who knows. At least Covid is not transmitted via the GI track.
Moscow Mitch wants to enact laws preventing workers from suing companies like JBL for negligence and harmful working conditions.
Yep..... all while they are passing Covid between themselves, their families, and the surrounding community.
Maximize those profits. Got to keep the shareholders happy.
Nearly all of our cases are among "essential personnel."
I am not embarrassed. I am freaking pissed.