More Americans are fearful that the pandemic will directly affect them.
Almost 60 percent of American voters are worried that lifting restrictions too soon will lead to a spike in coronavirus cases and deaths.
According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, 58 percent of registered voters expressed concern about a loosening of restrictions, as compared with 32 percent who worried that the restrictions would stay in place for too long. Three percent said they were concerned about both scenarios.
There were partisan divides on the topic, some of which have been reflected in recent protests around the nation in places like Ohio and Michigan. While a clear majority of Democrats (77 percent) and independents (57 percent) are more worried about the coronavirus, Republicans are very much divided on the issue— with 48 percent expressing more concern about the economy and 39 percent more worried about the pandemic. Different states, of course, have different restrictions, some much stricter than others.
The poll also indicated increased concern that the coronavirus would have a direct personal impact: 33 percent said they were “very worried” that the coronavirus would strike someone within their own family, while an additional 40 percent said they were “somewhat worried.” Those numbers are up from 15 percent and 38 percent, respectively, in a poll released March 20.
A mere 3 percent said the pandemic had not any impact on their lives, compared with 77 percent who said it had affected them either in “a very major way” or “a fairly major way.”
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Almost 60 percent of American voters are worried that lifting restrictions too soon will lead to a spike in coronavirus cases and deathshttps://t.co/cI5ybAoTjC
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