Public opinion about coronavirus is more politically divided in U.S. than in other advanced economies
Across 13 countries, people’s assessments of how well their country had handled the coronavirus outbreak were closely tied to partisanship.
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Appendix B: Typology group creation and analysis
The 2021 political typology divides the public into nine groups. The assignment of individuals to one of the nine groups is based on their responses to 27 questions about social and political values. The table below lists the items used in the construction of the typology groups. Items included in the typology construction measure a […]
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3. As COVID-19 hits Trump and White House, slight shift in opinion on whether the outbreak has been exaggerated
With the coronavirus outbreak having spread to the White House, Americans are now almost equally divided on the question of whether the outbreak has been exaggerated or underplayed. And after trending downward for several months, the percentage of Americans very closely following news about the coronavirus outbreak has remained steady. Among all U.S. adults, 37% […]