Coronavirus Seriousness (August 2021)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 52% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 30% |
| A minor problem | 11% |
| Not a problem at all | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 88% | 41% | 24% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 10% | 29% | 48% |
| A minor problem | 1% | 15% | 18% |
| Not a problem at all | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 86% | 83% | 90% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| A minor problem | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| Not a problem at all | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 19% | 28% | 25% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 47% | 48% | 47% |
| A minor problem | 22% | 18% | 16% |
| Not a problem at all | 9% | 5% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 1% | 4% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 86% | 63% | 23% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 9% | 25% | 45% |
| A minor problem | 3% | 5% | 19% |
| Not a problem at all | 0% | 4% | 9% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 78% | 87% | 93% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 21% | 9% | 0% |
| A minor problem | 2% | 2% | 6% |
| Not a problem at all | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 2% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 22% | 19% | 28% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 50% | 49% | 40% |
| A minor problem | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| Not a problem at all | 5% | 9% | 12% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 43% | 77% | 62% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 36% | 15% | 22% |
| A minor problem | 14% | 4% | 8% |
| Not a problem at all | 5% | 1% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 44% | 58% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 33% | 28% |
| A minor problem | 13% | 9% |
| Not a problem at all | 8% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 64% | 49% | 39% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 21% | 32% | 37% |
| A minor problem | 8% | 11% | 15% |
| Not a problem at all | 4% | 5% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 52% | 55% | 49% | 52% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 29% | 23% | 30% | 39% |
| A minor problem | 12% | 10% | 13% | 7% |
| Not a problem at all | 5% | 8% | 6% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 2% | 0% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 72% | 51% | 44% | 50% | 55% | 57% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 0% | 30% | 36% | 26% | 29% | 31% |
| A minor problem | 16% | 10% | 11% | 15% | 11% | 8% |
| Not a problem at all | 4% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 52% | 44% | 49% | 62% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 30% | 36% | 30% | 22% |
| A minor problem | 10% | 15% | 12% | 7% |
| Not a problem at all | 6% | 4% | 7% | 5% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
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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 | 47% | 47% | 67% | 36% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 30% | 35% | 19% | 39% |
| A minor problem | 14% | 11% | 8% | 8% |
| Not a problem at all | 6% | 5% | 4% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 2% | 1% | 10% |
