As coronavirus case counts soar, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that two-thirds of Americans now share Joe Biden’s position on masks — even as Republicans, and President Trump, continue to oppose it.
Joe Biden says that if he were president, he would require people to wear masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The survey, which was conducted June 24 and 25, before Biden made his position known, found that a full 65 percent of Americans now agree that masking up in public should be mandatory. That’s 10 percentage points higher than the number of Americans who said in a May 22 Yahoo News/YouGov poll that the government should require “social distancing measures such as wearing masks in stores.”
The political divide over a nonpartisan public health precaution is clearly shaping personal behavior. Republicans are now half as likely as Democrats to say they “always” wear masks when leaving home — and six times as likely to say they “never” wear them. Likewise, just 41 percent of Republicans say they always practice social distancing in public, compared with 63 percent of Democrats.
The public’s rejection of the president’s positions on masks and testing reflects a deepening dissatisfaction with his handling of the coronavirus pandemic — and of his presidency in general.
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