A majority of likely U.S. voters say they have less trust in public health officials and the news media because of the way they handled the coronavirus pandemic, a new Rasmussen Reports poll found.
A majority of likely U.S. voters say they have less trust in public health officials and the news media because of the way they handled the coronavirus pandemic, a new Rasmussen Reports pollOut of 967 likely U.S. voters polled between March 19-21, 50 percent say the way the government handled the coronavirus pandemic caused them to have less trust in public health officials. Similarly, 53 percent say they have less trust in the news media because of its pandemic coverage.
Respondents were also asked if they agree or disagree with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s recent statement that the experts in charge of the government’s pandemic policy “were wrong about almost everything.” Nearly six in ten voters agree with that statement, including 36 percent who “strongly agree.” A little more than a third say they disagree with the DeSantis quote, including 20 percent who “strongly disagree.
Conversely, 67 percent of Republicans and 58 percent of unaffiliated voters have less trust in public health officials, and 68 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of unaffiliated voters have less trust in the news media.
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