‘Partisan Tribalism’ Dominates in Poll of Americans’ Virus Views
- Pandemic has bigger impact on Democrats’ jobs and households
- Republicans much more hopeful about return to normalcy
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Democrats and Republicans see the coronavirus threat in starkly different terms, with Democrats more likely to have been personally affected by the pandemic and Republicans more confident of a return to normalcy.
The differences, revealed in a new poll from Monmouth University Monday, shed light on the political ramifications of the virus but also show how voters see the world in starkly different terms.