Experience Since the Beginning of the Coronavirus (June 2020)

Experience Since the Beginning of the Coronavirus (June 2020)

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Interruption of education33%
Loss of savings or retirement funds28%
Unable to pay bills16%
Lost job16%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment12%
Unable to find childcare you can afford7%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Interruption of education34%32%33%
Loss of savings or retirement funds31%31%25%
Unable to pay bills20%12%13%
Lost job20%16%12%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment13%9%11%
Unable to find childcare you can afford6%4%8%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Interruption of education36%37%31%
Loss of savings or retirement funds38%24%30%
Unable to pay bills13%19%24%
Lost job21%21%19%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment9%16%15%
Unable to find childcare you can afford5%12%5%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Interruption of education30%42%33%
Loss of savings or retirement funds21%21%28%
Unable to pay bills6%15%15%
Lost job6%15%15%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment6%17%12%
Unable to find childcare you can afford5%10%9%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Interruption of education31%41%32%
Loss of savings or retirement funds35%29%22%
Unable to pay bills18%19%12%
Lost job23%15%11%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment14%14%10%
Unable to find childcare you can afford8%8%5%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Interruption of education26%28%37%
Loss of savings or retirement funds29%35%39%
Unable to pay bills13%17%23%
Lost job29%19%22%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment9%11%20%
Unable to find childcare you can afford10%5%8%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Interruption of education37%32%29%
Loss of savings or retirement funds19%24%22%
Unable to pay bills17%11%11%
Lost job10%12%11%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment13%7%11%
Unable to find childcare you can afford7%5%5%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Interruption of education28%36%42%
Loss of savings or retirement funds27%24%32%
Unable to pay bills10%27%22%
Lost job13%22%20%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment8%18%18%
Unable to find childcare you can afford4%9%11%

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CategoryMaleFemale
Interruption of education34%33%
Loss of savings or retirement funds27%30%
Unable to pay bills14%17%
Lost job15%17%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment12%12%
Unable to find childcare you can afford7%7%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Interruption of education36%33%29%
Loss of savings or retirement funds31%28%26%
Unable to pay bills21%13%14%
Lost job19%16%12%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment18%9%9%
Unable to find childcare you can afford9%7%3%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Interruption of education47%43%29%20%
Loss of savings or retirement funds29%28%33%22%
Unable to pay bills22%21%16%4%
Lost job25%22%14%5%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment22%16%10%3%
Unable to find childcare you can afford12%15%3%0%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Interruption of education41%25%37%39%36%33%
Loss of savings or retirement funds29%23%29%27%33%31%
Unable to pay bills27%15%20%17%13%11%
Lost job19%15%22%19%14%7%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment25%9%17%16%10%6%
Unable to find childcare you can afford5%7%8%5%8%5%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Interruption of education36%34%36%26%
Loss of savings or retirement funds26%28%38%27%
Unable to pay bills15%23%9%12%
Lost job16%14%14%21%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment11%18%7%8%
Unable to find childcare you can afford8%9%4%4%

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CategoryThe 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.
Interruption of education39%31%34%23%
Loss of savings or retirement funds25%28%34%16%
Unable to pay bills20%17%10%12%
Lost job15%15%20%11%
Unable to pay your rent or house payment17%11%9%8%
Unable to find childcare you can afford10%5%6%3%

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