Vaccine Passport Support (October 2021)

Vaccine Passport Support (October 2021)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?"
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Strongly support33%
Somewhat support14%
Neither support nor oppose8%
Somewhat oppose4%
Strongly oppose39%
Don’t know/No opinion3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support64%29%9%
Somewhat support20%11%8%
Neither support nor oppose7%11%9%
Somewhat oppose3%2%6%
Strongly oppose5%38%68%
Don’t know/No opinion2%9%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support75%39%71%
Somewhat support11%37%15%
Neither support nor oppose6%7%7%
Somewhat oppose2%6%2%
Strongly oppose5%10%3%
Don’t know/No opinion1%1%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support5%15%8%
Somewhat support9%17%5%
Neither support nor oppose14%3%8%
Somewhat oppose6%9%4%
Strongly oppose67%52%74%
Don’t know/No opinion0%3%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support68%39%8%
Somewhat support15%20%10%
Neither support nor oppose6%10%8%
Somewhat oppose2%3%6%
Strongly oppose6%20%69%
Don’t know/No opinion2%7%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support50%73%77%
Somewhat support21%11%16%
Neither support nor oppose15%5%2%
Somewhat oppose3%3%2%
Strongly oppose11%7%1%
Don’t know/No opinion1%2%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support12%9%6%
Somewhat support17%11%6%
Neither support nor oppose6%7%9%
Somewhat oppose8%8%2%
Strongly oppose56%65%77%
Don’t know/No opinion1%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support28%44%41%
Somewhat support12%14%16%
Neither support nor oppose6%15%11%
Somewhat oppose5%2%3%
Strongly oppose47%17%24%
Don’t know/No opinion1%8%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Strongly support30%35%
Somewhat support18%10%
Neither support nor oppose7%10%
Somewhat oppose4%5%
Strongly oppose40%37%
Don’t know/No opinion2%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support44%31%21%
Somewhat support20%13%7%
Neither support nor oppose6%9%10%
Somewhat oppose4%5%3%
Strongly oppose24%40%57%
Don’t know/No opinion4%2%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support40%29%34%29%
Somewhat support27%19%7%8%
Neither support nor oppose12%8%6%9%
Somewhat oppose3%5%3%5%
Strongly oppose16%36%46%47%
Don’t know/No opinion3%2%2%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support37%32%29%36%31%40%
Somewhat support0%13%18%12%15%10%
Neither support nor oppose18%9%7%2%11%6%
Somewhat oppose3%3%5%3%5%4%
Strongly oppose41%39%36%47%37%40%
Don’t know/No opinion0%4%5%0%1%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support23%31%39%53%
Somewhat support11%14%21%15%
Neither support nor oppose8%11%8%2%
Somewhat oppose4%4%7%4%
Strongly oppose53%36%25%24%
Don’t know/No opinion2%4%0%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose requiring people to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to gain admission to events or activities with large groups of people?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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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.
Strongly support20%25%58%34%
Somewhat support11%14%14%19%
Neither support nor oppose9%9%6%7%
Somewhat oppose4%4%4%2%
Strongly oppose52%44%17%34%
Don’t know/No opinion3%3%1%3%

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