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Disapproval of the president’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak is at a new high in the poll, with 60% saying they disapprove. Furthermore, 63% say their own infection is unlikely to change anything about the way they handle the pandemic.
Questions about Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis were added to a poll that was already in progress on Friday.
Overall, Trump’s approval rating in the poll is 40% approve and 57% disapprove. Disapproval increased from 53% in early September.
About a third (32%) say they are concerned about the government’s ability to operate while Trump is ill, with a higher concern among Democrats (48% very or somewhat concerned) than independents (30%) or Republicans (15 %). The majority, 62%, say Vice President Mike Pence is qualified to handle the presidency should it be necessary, while 35% believe he is not. Those opinions are also very divided by party. While 93% of Republicans consider Pence qualified to run for president, only 38% of Democrats agree.
The view that Trump acted irresponsibly regarding the coronavirus risk to others around him cuts across most demographic lines and is particularly strong among various groups whose support could be critical to Trump’s reelection. Among women, 72% say Trump acted irresponsibly. That stands at 66% among those 65 and older, as well as among independents, and 65% among whites with college degrees. Supporters of the president (79%) and Republicans (76%) are the only groups among whom the majority say that Trump acted responsibly.
Distrust of the White House’s information on the president’s health also crosses most demographic lines, and again Republicans (65%) and Trump voters (66%) are some of the only groups where a majority say They trust most of what they hear about Trump. Health.
However, there is agreement between the parties that Trump’s diagnosis will not change the way he handles the pandemic. Most Democrats (70%), Independents (59%), and Republicans (62%) agree on that.
The spike in disapproval of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus occurs more among women (from 63% disapprove to 69%) than among men (48% last month, 51% now) and among more people of color ( 65% to 73%) than Whites (52% then, 53% now), and has increased among the elderly (57% to 62%) and those under 35 (59% to 67%) , while it remains approximately stable among those between 35 and 64 years old.
Most Americans interviewed after Trump’s diagnosis said the remaining scheduled debates should take place: 59% said yes, 36% said no, and Democrats were more inclined to say they shouldn’t (49%) than the independents (39%) or the Republicans (17%). .
Americans are evenly divided on whether the worst of the coronavirus outbreak is behind us (48%) or is yet to come (47%). In early September, opinions on this issue leaned toward the worst (51% behind us, 43% yet to come), but infection counts have risen in many states in recent days.
Democrats are still more likely to say the worst is yet to come (69%) than independents (48%) or Republicans (20%), but the change since September is mostly among Republicans. In last month’s poll, just 11% of Republicans said the worst was yet to come, while Democrats (69%) and independents (47%) were about the same as now.
Beyond their division in the trajectory of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Americans are far from united in their comfort level to return to regular routines, in the state of the economy and in their willingness to receive a vaccine against coronavirus if one was available. Partisanship is at the core of each of those divisions.
Overall, 50% say they don’t feel comfortable going back to their normal routines today, while 49% say they do. Among Democrats, 81% are uncomfortable returning to their pre-coronavirus routines now, while among Republicans, 82% say they are comfortable.
Roughly a third of Americans (33%) say the economy is beginning to recover from the recession caused by the outbreak, the highest proportion to say in CNN polls as of June, but Americans are likely to say the economy it’s still getting worse. (35%). Democrats and Republicans are on opposite sides here too, with 65% of Republicans saying the economy is booming and 58% of Democrats saying it is getting worse.
And perhaps most worryingly, the division over whether to get a coronavirus vaccine if one were available at low cost has increased. Overall, 51% say they would try to get vaccinated, the smallest proportion in CNN polls since May. While most Americans say they are confident that ongoing vaccine trials are properly balancing safety and speed (61%), the poll suggests a shifting partisan divide over whether to get vaccinated, as Trump touts a quick process to your approval.
The CNN poll was conducted by SSRS from October 1-4 among a random national sample of 1205 adults contacted by landlines or cell phones by a live interviewer. The full sample results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. For questions added on October 2, it is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
