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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 4, 2021

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By Scott Rasmussen

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August 4, 2021: The stunning collapse in confidence that the pandemic is behind us continues. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 28% of voters now believe we’ve put the worst behind us.[1] That’s down from 56% two months ago.[2] Forty-five percent (45%) of voters now believe the worst is yet to come.[1] That’s up from 20% in late May.[2]

These numbers are the most pessimistic measured since December of last year.[3] ​Beginning with the rollout of the vaccines in January, confidence continually grew for five months. [4][5][6][7][8]

Those who say they will never get vaccinated are a bit less pessimistic than other voters. However, even those voters, by a 44% to 36% margin, tend to think the worst is yet to come.[1]

Republicans are now evenly divided as to whether the worst is behind us or yet to come. A majority of Democrats and a solid plurality of independents fear the worst is in the future rather than the past.[1]


Worst of Pandemic is Behind Us Worst of Pandemic is Still to Come Net
July 29-31 28% 45% -17%
July 22-24 34% 38% -4%
July 15-17 37% 33% +4%
May 27-29 56% 20% +36%
May 20-22 52% 21% +31%
Apr. 29-May 1 50% 24% +26%
Apr. 15-17 41% 32% +9%
Mar. 4-6 42% 28% +14%
Feb. 18-20 39% 31% +8%
Jan. 28-30 33% 40% -7%
Dec. 10-12 21% 62% -41%
Nov. 27-28 18% 68% -50%
Nov. 12-14 22% 62% -40%
Oct. 15-17 22% 56% -34%
Oct. 8-10 27% 52% -25%
Oct. 1-3 24% 55% -31%
Sept. 3-5 29% 49% -20%
Aug. 13-15 20% 59% -39%
July 23-25 15% 63% -48%
June 4-6 29% 42% -13%
April 9-11 16% 60% -44%



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