Coronavirus Seriousness (August 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 21% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 39% |
| A minor problem | 20% |
| Not a problem at all | 17% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 38% | 14% | 6% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 48% | 34% | 31% |
| A minor problem | 9% | 23% | 30% |
| Not a problem at all | 2% | 22% | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 6% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 40% | 26% | 43% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 49% | 54% | 45% |
| A minor problem | 7% | 12% | 9% |
| Not a problem at all | 2% | 5% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 4% | 7% | 7% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| A minor problem | 31% | 25% | 31% |
| Not a problem at all | 30% | 31% | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 5% | 2% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 39% | 23% | 7% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 48% | 45% | 29% |
| A minor problem | 9% | 16% | 31% |
| Not a problem at all | 3% | 10% | 31% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 6% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 29% | 31% | 58% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 55% | 54% | 32% |
| A minor problem | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Not a problem at all | 9% | 1% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 10% | 4% | 8% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 37% | 28% | 24% |
| A minor problem | 25% | 36% | 30% |
| Not a problem at all | 26% | 30% | 34% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 14% | 40% | 24% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 36% | 42% | 45% |
| A minor problem | 26% | 11% | 12% |
| Not a problem at all | 21% | 2% | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 6% | 4% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 17% | 24% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 35% | 42% |
| A minor problem | 23% | 18% |
| Not a problem at all | 23% | 11% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 4% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 30% | 17% | 16% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 42% | 38% | 39% |
| A minor problem | 13% | 23% | 24% |
| Not a problem at all | 12% | 18% | 21% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 1% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 31% | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 32% | 37% | 39% | 45% |
| A minor problem | 13% | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| Not a problem at all | 17% | 16% | 20% | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 4% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 21% | 23% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 19% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 54% | 42% | 42% | 37% | 34% | 37% |
| A minor problem | 9% | 14% | 15% | 21% | 28% | 29% |
| Not a problem at all | 13% | 17% | 16% | 13% | 20% | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 23% | 16% | 17% | 27% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 34% | 46% | 39% | 40% |
| A minor problem | 23% | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| Not a problem at all | 18% | 16% | 22% | 11% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 23% | 15% | 32% | 8% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 35% | 40% | 40% | 39% |
| A minor problem | 19% | 24% | 17% | 15% |
| Not a problem at all | 20% | 19% | 9% | 25% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 2% | 1% | 12% |
