Americans see the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and the effectiveness of the government’s reaction as a highly partisan lens, revealed a CBS News/YouGov ballot published Sunday.
More than 176,000 more people in the United States have died as a result of COVID-19. According to the survey, a majority of 57% of the registered Republican electorate thinks the number is “acceptable,” compared to 31% of the overall electorate. 90 percent of Democrats and 67% of independents said the death toll is “unacceptable.”
Republicans were also more likely to have the official death toll inflated, although public fitness officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci said the actual number of deaths from the virus was probably higher. In 40% of registered Republicans, the death toll is lower than reported, while 18 percent said it was probably correct and 18% said the actual number of deaths was probably higher than reported. Overall, 44% of the electorate said the death toll was really high, 36% said they had declined and 20% said the reported number was probably correct.
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When asked about their perspectives on President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic response, 42% of the entire electorate said Trump had done a job. Among Republicans, the number that says the president did a task increased to 86%, while 92% of Democrats said he had misbehaved. For 44% of independents said the president had done a job with the epidemic and 56 percent said no.
When asked about CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday poll and why there was so much disagreement between how Republicans in other electorates see the pandemic, Republican National Committee President Ronna McDaniel said it was “an unfair poll.”
“Republicans don’t need to see other people suffer from this pandemic. We’ve all had that. It’s not a Republican or Democratic issue,” McDaniel said.
In the presidential race, 52 percent of the electorate most likely said they would vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden and 42 percent said they would vote to re-elect Trump.
This electorate indicated that it would most likely replace his post until November 3.
Among the most likely voters, 86% described their respective candidate as “very strong,” indicating that the resolution was taken, while 12% said it was “strong,” meaning they would “probably not replace” their mind. The 2 percent said they “could still replace” theirs and 0 percent said they would “probably replace it at some point.”
Trump supporters were much more enthusiastic about him as a candidate than Biden’s, with 71% of Trump’s electorate saying they supported the president because they liked him, and 21% saying they would most likely plan to vote for him because they opposed Biden. By contrast, 38 percent of Biden’s supporters said they planned to vote for him because they enjoyed it, while 42 percent said they planned to vote for him because they opposed Trump.
Voting took place from 20 to 22 August between 2,226 registered voters with a margin of error of about 2.4 percentage points.
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