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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 6, 2021
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
August 6, 2021: Thinking about the situation where they live, 62% of voters support easing or making no change to pandemic restrictions. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that total includes 34% who favor a further easing of pandemic restrictions and 28% who say no change is needed.[1]
Thirty-one percent (31%) think it’s time to impose new restrictions.[1]
A majority of Republicans (79%) and independents (58%) support easing or making no change to pandemic restrictions. Democrats are evenly divided: 48% do not support easing or making no change to pandemic restrictions, while 46% do.[1]
Most voters who have already been vaccinated–58%–support easing or making no change to pandemic restrictions, so do 82% of those who say they will never get vaccinated.[1]
The survey also found that 48% of all voters would rather live in a state where masks and other social distancing rules are up to individuals and local businesses. Nearly as many–44%–would rather live in a state with strict mask mandates and social distancing rules.[1]
Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans would rather live in a state where individuals and businesses determine masking and social distancing rules. Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats take the opposite view and would rather live in a state with strict mask mandates and social distancing rules.[1]
Independent voters, by a 53% to 26% margin, prefer a state where individuals and businesses make their own decisions.[1]
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- August 4, 2021 -28 percent of voters believe worst of the pandemic is behind us, 45% fear it’s still to come
- August 3, 2021 -63 percent of voters want schools to reopen this fall
- August 2, 2021 -31% say personal finances getting better; 26% say worse
- July 30, 2021 -47 percent of Black voters have received Covid vaccine
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See also
- Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine distribution by state
- State-level mask requirements in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
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