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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 6, 2021

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By Scott Rasmussen

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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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