Coronavirus Seriousness (October 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 21% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 39% |
| A minor problem | 22% |
| Not a problem at all | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 37% | 11% | 10% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 49% | 30% | 31% |
| A minor problem | 11% | 29% | 29% |
| Not a problem at all | 1% | 23% | 27% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 7% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 38% | 33% | 38% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 51% | 43% | 51% |
| A minor problem | 8% | 18% | 9% |
| Not a problem at all | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 12% | 5% | 11% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 29% | 39% | 30% |
| A minor problem | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| Not a problem at all | 32% | 19% | 27% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 7% | 2% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 38% | 25% | 8% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 48% | 36% | 35% |
| A minor problem | 11% | 24% | 28% |
| Not a problem at all | 2% | 11% | 27% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 21% | 37% | 50% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 60% | 52% | 35% |
| A minor problem | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| Not a problem at all | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 0% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 48% | 33% | 28% |
| A minor problem | 14% | 31% | 32% |
| Not a problem at all | 19% | 26% | 32% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 16% | 35% | 25% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 37% | 49% | 35% |
| A minor problem | 25% | 11% | 22% |
| Not a problem at all | 20% | 2% | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 5% | 4% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 19% | 23% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 39% | 39% |
| A minor problem | 21% | 23% |
| Not a problem at all | 18% | 12% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 27% | 21% | 14% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 39% | 40% | 36% |
| A minor problem | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Not a problem at all | 11% | 14% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 31% | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 27% | 40% | 35% | 53% |
| A minor problem | 24% | 20% | 25% | 17% |
| Not a problem at all | 12% | 18% | 17% | 11% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 19% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 21% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 44% | 34% | 41% | 47% | 35% | 45% |
| A minor problem | 29% | 21% | 22% | 17% | 23% | 21% |
| Not a problem at all | 8% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A significant crisis | 19% | 21% | 21% | 27% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 36% | 40% | 36% | 45% |
| A minor problem | 23% | 23% | 26% | 15% |
| Not a problem at all | 18% | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 4% | 2% | 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 | 21% | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| A serious problem but not a crisis | 36% | 39% | 45% | 22% |
| A minor problem | 23% | 23% | 15% | 35% |
| Not a problem at all | 16% | 16% | 12% | 16% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
