Overwhelming majorities of Americans favor restrictions related to containing the coronavirus and fear moving too quickly to reopen the economy – concerns that break through party lines amid a national unease about the pandemic, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday. In this week’s
Overwhelming majorities of Americans favor restrictions related to containing the coronavirus and fear moving too quickly to reopen the economy – concerns that break through party lines amid a national unease about the pandemic, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday.
Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis.In the new poll, conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos’ Knowledge Panel, anxiety over the coronavirus is still steep – as concern over getting the deadly disease hovers around the low eighties for the second week in a row.
Even majorities of those identifying with President Donald Trump's own party favorably view the current status quo and are more resistant to sudden changes. About three-quarters of Republicans are concerned about becoming infected, 53% support a slower return to normal, and 72% said they were unlikely to return to public places if restrictions were relaxed immediately.
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