Is it Safe or Unsafe to do Each of the Following? (June 2020)

Is it Safe or Unsafe to do Each of the Following? (June 2020)

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Go grocery shopping72%
Get a haircut59%
Go to work55%
Vote in person54%
Stay in a hotel50%
Eat at a restaurant49%
Attend church41%
Go to a shopping mall36%
Send child to school35%
Attend an outdoor event30%
Go to a gym29%
Fly on an airplane27%
Go to a movie theater27%
Go to a bar or club23%
Attend an indoor event21%
Go to protests16%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Go grocery shopping58%70%84%
Get a haircut34%56%81%
Go to work32%57%77%
Vote in person25%53%81%
Stay in a hotel35%51%63%
Eat at a restaurant21%45%75%
Attend church10%37%70%
Go to a shopping mall15%40%55%
Send child to school9%36%58%
Attend an outdoor event10%28%48%
Go to a gym9%29%48%
Fly on an airplane9%27%43%
Go to a movie theater10%26%43%
Go to a bar or club6%23%38%
Attend an indoor event5%24%35%
Go to protests13%14%20%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Go grocery shopping53%57%61%
Get a haircut37%28%36%
Go to work27%35%33%
Vote in person25%23%26%
Stay in a hotel35%35%35%
Eat at a restaurant20%16%23%
Attend church11%11%10%
Go to a shopping mall13%21%14%
Send child to school4%11%10%
Attend an outdoor event11%9%10%
Go to a gym7%7%11%
Fly on an airplane10%10%8%
Go to a movie theater11%8%11%
Go to a bar or club5%8%6%
Attend an indoor event5%4%6%
Go to protests12%9%15%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Go grocery shopping86%78%85%
Get a haircut83%64%85%
Go to work78%62%80%
Vote in person79%63%88%
Stay in a hotel68%43%66%
Eat at a restaurant79%50%81%
Attend church72%49%76%
Go to a shopping mall55%41%59%
Send child to school65%43%58%
Attend an outdoor event42%38%54%
Go to a gym54%32%49%
Fly on an airplane48%28%46%
Go to a movie theater49%26%46%
Go to a bar or club40%23%41%
Attend an indoor event34%20%40%
Go to protests17%12%25%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Go grocery shopping56%66%87%
Get a haircut38%45%82%
Go to work34%44%79%
Vote in person27%40%84%
Stay in a hotel39%38%65%
Eat at a restaurant23%31%78%
Attend church12%29%71%
Go to a shopping mall19%24%57%
Send child to school8%22%61%
Attend an outdoor event12%15%51%
Go to a gym12%18%49%
Fly on an airplane14%16%43%
Go to a movie theater12%17%45%
Go to a bar or club10%11%38%
Attend an indoor event6%13%38%
Go to protests15%9%21%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Go grocery shopping54%58%56%
Get a haircut40%41%33%
Go to work38%37%27%
Vote in person33%23%25%
Stay in a hotel38%37%41%
Eat at a restaurant25%25%20%
Attend church8%11%15%
Go to a shopping mall24%13%20%
Send child to school7%5%13%
Attend an outdoor event15%12%9%
Go to a gym7%12%15%
Fly on an airplane21%8%14%
Go to a movie theater14%10%13%
Go to a bar or club18%3%12%
Attend an indoor event9%3%6%
Go to protests8%18%18%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Go grocery shopping77%90%90%
Get a haircut70%84%86%
Go to work59%82%86%
Vote in person64%87%90%
Stay in a hotel53%67%70%
Eat at a restaurant62%82%81%
Attend church53%69%83%
Go to a shopping mall47%55%65%
Send child to school51%61%68%
Attend an outdoor event43%49%57%
Go to a gym42%49%53%
Fly on an airplane33%44%48%
Go to a movie theater39%42%50%
Go to a bar or club32%37%42%
Attend an indoor event27%37%43%
Go to protests18%18%25%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Go grocery shopping75%70%61%
Get a haircut65%41%54%
Go to work62%42%47%
Vote in person61%38%46%
Stay in a hotel56%43%40%
Eat at a restaurant54%36%41%
Attend church48%27%32%
Go to a shopping mall40%34%30%
Send child to school42%23%24%
Attend an outdoor event34%18%24%
Go to a gym34%25%20%
Fly on an airplane30%23%22%
Go to a movie theater31%27%19%
Go to a bar or club25%20%18%
Attend an indoor event26%14%12%
Go to protests18%20%11%

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CategoryMaleFemale
Go grocery shopping72%71%
Get a haircut61%57%
Go to work59%52%
Vote in person59%50%
Stay in a hotel55%46%
Eat at a restaurant53%45%
Attend church45%38%
Go to a shopping mall43%31%
Send child to school39%31%
Attend an outdoor event33%27%
Go to a gym35%25%
Fly on an airplane31%24%
Go to a movie theater32%23%
Go to a bar or club29%17%
Attend an indoor event24%18%
Go to protests17%15%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Go grocery shopping61%75%80%
Get a haircut52%61%62%
Go to work48%57%65%
Vote in person45%56%65%
Stay in a hotel42%53%55%
Eat at a restaurant39%52%55%
Attend church30%43%57%
Go to a shopping mall30%39%41%
Send child to school26%38%41%
Attend an outdoor event25%29%39%
Go to a gym23%31%37%
Fly on an airplane23%30%28%
Go to a movie theater24%27%34%
Go to a bar or club21%22%28%
Attend an indoor event17%21%29%
Go to protests15%18%16%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Go grocery shopping60%66%75%81%
Get a haircut52%51%60%70%
Go to work39%51%62%63%
Vote in person39%45%60%66%
Stay in a hotel46%50%55%45%
Eat at a restaurant40%39%53%61%
Attend church26%34%47%52%
Go to a shopping mall33%32%41%37%
Send child to school19%28%41%44%
Attend an outdoor event26%24%32%34%
Go to a gym19%27%36%30%
Fly on an airplane28%25%30%26%
Go to a movie theater23%25%32%26%
Go to a bar or club23%21%25%21%
Attend an indoor event17%19%25%21%
Go to protests21%16%16%15%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Go grocery shopping41%74%67%73%74%75%
Get a haircut54%59%57%58%63%54%
Go to work49%58%53%53%60%50%
Vote in person33%55%55%52%57%51%
Stay in a hotel36%44%50%53%56%53%
Eat at a restaurant45%51%48%44%52%42%
Attend church50%44%38%41%45%32%
Go to a shopping mall29%37%32%38%43%29%
Send child to school30%33%32%33%40%35%
Attend an outdoor event15%25%30%35%37%21%
Go to a gym17%29%28%31%34%25%
Fly on an airplane22%27%28%31%28%21%
Go to a movie theater16%26%27%34%30%21%
Go to a bar or club22%22%23%28%26%13%
Attend an indoor event19%19%23%25%25%11%
Go to protests13%15%17%17%19%12%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Go grocery shopping75%73%72%65%
Get a haircut67%60%56%42%
Go to work61%61%50%42%
Vote in person63%59%44%36%
Stay in a hotel50%52%53%45%
Eat at a restaurant58%54%41%28%
Attend church55%44%29%17%
Go to a shopping mall42%40%34%22%
Send child to school40%40%30%18%
Attend an outdoor event36%33%24%15%
Go to a gym33%34%25%19%
Fly on an airplane31%30%24%18%
Go to a movie theater33%30%25%16%
Go to a bar or club24%28%21%14%
Attend an indoor event26%23%18%11%
Go to protests18%17%9%18%

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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.
Go grocery shopping78%76%62%62%
Get a haircut69%65%41%52%
Go to work67%60%39%53%
Vote in person67%62%34%46%
Stay in a hotel53%56%44%36%
Eat at a restaurant59%58%27%43%
Attend church60%49%14%31%
Go to a shopping mall48%40%22%30%
Send child to school47%39%16%34%
Attend an outdoor event40%35%15%17%
Go to a gym41%32%17%22%
Fly on an airplane34%32%16%17%
Go to a movie theater40%29%15%15%
Go to a bar or club30%26%13%16%
Attend an indoor event31%24%9%17%
Go to protests22%15%14%11%

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