Coronavirus Seriousness (October 2021)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 42% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 34% |
| A minor problem | 14% |
| Not a problem at all | 7% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 3% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 76% | 37% | 15% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 19% | 28% | 48% |
| A minor problem | 2% | 21% | 23% |
| Not a problem at all | 1% | 6% | 12% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 8% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 86% | 59% | 81% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 11% | 34% | 16% |
| A minor problem | 2% | 6% | 0% |
| Not a problem at all | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 0% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 7% | 24% | 16% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 54% | 43% | 46% |
| A minor problem | 21% | 21% | 25% |
| Not a problem at all | 15% | 10% | 11% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 78% | 53% | 16% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 19% | 27% | 48% |
| A minor problem | 2% | 11% | 24% |
| Not a problem at all | 0% | 5% | 10% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 72% | 73% | 87% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 25% | 22% | 10% |
| A minor problem | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Not a problem at all | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 0% | 2% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 22% | 14% | 15% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 45% | 56% | 41% |
| A minor problem | 24% | 20% | 27% |
| Not a problem at all | 8% | 6% | 15% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 34% | 66% | 52% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 41% | 26% | 22% |
| A minor problem | 17% | 3% | 12% |
| Not a problem at all | 7% | 2% | 8% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 6% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 40% | 45% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 36% | 33% |
| A minor problem | 16% | 13% |
| Not a problem at all | 7% | 6% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 52% | 42% | 28% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 30% | 34% | 40% |
| A minor problem | 11% | 14% | 20% |
| Not a problem at all | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 55% | 42% | 41% | 34% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 32% | 30% | 32% | 44% |
| A minor problem | 4% | 16% | 19% | 13% |
| Not a problem at all | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 48% | 47% | 41% | 38% | 41% | 40% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 25% | 30% | 33% | 35% | 39% | 34% |
| A minor problem | 5% | 13% | 15% | 20% | 13% | 16% |
| Not a problem at all | 6% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 8% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 16% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 39% | 36% | 45% | 59% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 33% | 38% | 42% | 25% |
| A minor problem | 16% | 18% | 8% | 11% |
| Not a problem at all | 8% | 5% | 3% | 5% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 4% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
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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 | 33% | 38% | 62% | 35% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 36% | 36% | 28% | 36% |
| A minor problem | 15% | 19% | 6% | 17% |
| Not a problem at all | 14% | 5% | 4% | 0% |
| Don’t know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 0% | 11% |
