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Poll: Illinoisans rate the handling of the virus

Friday, May 1, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

* As before, click here for the poll’s methodology, etc. Again, these are only Illinois results…

Thinking about how different people and groups are reacting to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, how would you say each of the following is reacting: The federal government

Not taking the outbreak seriously enough 45%

Reacting about right 48%

Overreacting to the outbreak 8%

Thinking about how different people and groups are reacting to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, how would you say each of the following is reacting: Ordinary people across the country

Not taking the outbreak seriously enough 53%

Reacting about right 35%

Overreacting to the outbreak 12%

Thinking about how different people and groups are reacting to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, how would you say each of the following is reacting: Your state government

Not taking the outbreak seriously enough 10%

Reacting about right 75%

Overreacting to the outbreak 15%

Thinking about how different people and groups are reacting to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, how would you say each of the following is reacting: People at your place of employment

Not taking the outbreak seriously enough 34%

Reacting about right 57%

Overreacting to the outbreak 9%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way your state governor is handling the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Strongly disapprove 6%

Disapprove 8%

Neither approve nor disapprove 16%

Approve 38%

Strongly approve 31%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Your city government

Not at all 5%

Not too much 12%

Some 48%

A lot 35%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Your state government

Not at all 7%

Not too much 15%

Some 40%

A lot 37%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: The White House

Not at all 20%

Not too much 25%

Some 33%

A lot 22%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Congress

Not at all 12%

Not too much 32%

Some 43%

A lot 12%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Donald Trump

Not at all 36%

Not too much 17%

Some 23%

A lot 24%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Joe Biden

Not at all 20%

Not too much 22%

Some 43%

A lot 16%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: The CDC

Not at all 4%

Not too much 9%

Some 41%

A lot 47%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Hospitals and doctors

Not at all 1%

Not too much 2%

Some 27%

A lot 69%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak? - Pharmaceutical companies

Not at all 7%

Not too much 18%

Some 46%

A lot 28%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Scientists and researchers

Not at all 2%

Not too much 6%

Some 34%

A lot 58%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: The police

Not at all 6%

Not too much 12%

Some 48%

A lot 34%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Banks

Not at all 10%

Not too much 26%

Some 46%

A lot 18%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: The news media

Not at all 16%

Not too much 24%

Some 42%

A lot 18%

How much do you trust the following people and organizations to do the right thing to best handle the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Social media companies

Not at all 20%

Not too much 38%

Some 30%

A lot 12%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way President Trump is handling the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Strongly disapprove 29%

Disapprove 16%

Neither approve nor disapprove 17%

Approve 19%

Strongly approve 20%

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Poll: Illinoisans rate various methods for tackling the virus, say when they’d like to reopen

Friday, May 1, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Click here for the poll’s methodology, etc. Again, these are only Illinois results…

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Asking people to stay at home

Strongly disapprove 3%

Somewhat disapprove 4%

Somewhat approve 18%

Strongly approve 75%

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Requiring most businesses to close

Strongly disapprove 6%

Somewhat disapprove 10%

Somewhat approve 31%

Strongly approve 54%

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Cancel sports & entertainment events

Strongly disapprove 3%

Somewhat disapprove 5%

Somewhat approve 19%

Strongly approve 73%

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Closing K-12 schools

Strongly disapprove 4%

Somewhat disapprove 5%

Somewhat approve 20%

Strongly approve 71%

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Limiting restaurants to carry-out only

Strongly disapprove 3%

Somewhat disapprove 7%

Somewhat approve 24%

Strongly approve 66%

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Tracking people’s cell phone location to find out who was in contact with a sick person

Strongly disapprove 27%

Somewhat disapprove 23%

Somewhat approve 25%

Strongly approve 26%

Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Restricting international travel to the U.S

Strongly disapprove 2%

Somewhat disapprove 5%

Somewhat approve 20%

Strongly approve 73%

The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States253 Do you approve or disapprove of the following measures which federal, state, and local governments could take to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the next 30 days: Restricting travel within the U.S.

Strongly disapprove 4%

Somewhat disapprove 9%

Somewhat approve 33%

Strongly approve 54%

When should the country reopen the economy and resume business activity

Immediately 8%

In the next two weeks 9%

After two to four weeks 18%

After four to six weeks 20%

After six to eight weeks 19%

After more than eight weeks 27%

Rating government/individuals is up next.

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Poll: Illinoisans reveal how they’re coping, what they’re doing, what their concerns are

Friday, May 1, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From the Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States (Northeastern University, Harvard University, Rutgers University)…

From April 17 to 26 we conducted a large, 50 state survey, the results of which are presented in this report. The first section of the report looks at the nation as a whole while the second section focuses on individual states and comparisons across states.

We surveyed 22,912 individuals across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. The survey was conducted on 17-26 April 2020 by PureSpectrum via an online, nonprobability sample, with state-level representative quotas for race/ethnicity, age and gender. In addition to balancing on these dimensions, we reweighted our data using the same demographic characteristics.

A bit old, but there’s a lot of data to cover. We’ll start with the non-political stuff.

* These are only the Illinois results, which had somewhere around 590-600 responses, depending on the question…

Have you or someone in your household experienced any of the following as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Had to start working from home 40%

Had their school or university closed 33%

Had to stop or scale back work to take care of their children 6%

Had to stop or scale back work to take care of someone who had COVID 19 2%

Had to take a cut in pay due to reduced hours or demand for their work 18%

Was laid off or lost a job 19%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Getting coronavirus yourself

Not at all concerned 9%

Not very concerned 19%

Somewhat concerned 37%

Very concerned 33%

Not applicable to me 2%

The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States197 How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Family members getting coronavirus

Not at all concerned 6%

Not very concerned 13%

Somewhat concerned 32%

Very concerned 47%

Not applicable to me 2%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Being able to receive health care

Not at all concerned 16%

Not very concerned 23%

Somewhat concerned 34%

Very concerned 25%

Not applicable to me 3%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Losing your job

Not at all concerned 13%

Not very concerned 13%

Somewhat concerned 19%

Very concerned 25%

Not applicable to me 28%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Financial hardships

Not at all concerned 11%

Not very concerned 19%

Somewhat concerned 28%

Very concerned 35%

Not applicable to me 7%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Problems with education

Not at all concerned 9%

Not very concerned 10%

Somewhat concerned 20%

Very concerned 21%

Not applicable to me 40%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Problems with working from home

Not at all concerned 16%

Not very concerned 17%

Somewhat concerned 16%

Very concerned 15%

Not applicable to me 37%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Problems with childcare

Not at all concerned 12%

Not very concerned 11%

Somewhat concerned 10%

Very concerned 15%

Not applicable to me 52%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Staying connected with friends and family

Not at all concerned 23%

Not very concerned 27%

Somewhat concerned 27%

Very concerned 19%

Not applicable to me 5%

How much, if at all, has your life been disrupted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Not at all 4%

A little 14%

A moderate amount 29%

A lot 25%

A great deal 29%

In the last 24 hours, did you get any news or information related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the following sources

Friends and family 47%

Radio news 23%

Podcasts 6%

Local TV 53%

Network TV 53%

Cable TV 38%

Late night comedy shows 11%

In the last 24 hours, did you get any news or information related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the following sources

Print newspapers 15%

A news website or app 30%

A health website or app 14%

A government website or app 19%

An organization website or app 10%

A search engine website or app 21%

A social media website or app 36%

In the last 24 hours, did you get any news or information related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the following sources

CNN 35%

Fox News 37%

MSNBC 18%

President Trump’s press briefings 40%

How often do you talk to people about the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, either in person, over the phone, or electronically

Never 4%

Less than once a week 4%

Once a week 7%

A few times a week 25%

Daily 38%

A few times a day 22%

I feel well-informed about the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak

Strongly disagree 1%

Somewhat disagree 6%

Neither agree nor disagree 12%

Somewhat agree 45%

Strongly agree 36%

I feel well-informed about steps I can take to protect myself from the virus

Strongly disagree 0%

Somewhat disagree 2%

Neither agree nor disagree 10%

Somewhat agree 34%

Strongly agree 54%

I feel well-informed about government guidelines with regard to the outbreak

Strongly disagree 4%

Somewhat disagree 6%

Neither agree nor disagree 12%

Somewhat agree 39%

Strongly agree 38%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Avoiding contact with other people

Not at all closely 2%

Not very closely 4%

Somewhat closely 25%

Very closely 70%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Avoiding public or crowded places

Not at all closely 1%

Not very closely 4%

Somewhat closely 20%

Very closely 76%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Frequently washing hands

Not at all closely 0%

Not very closely 4%

Somewhat closely 14%

Very closely 82%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Disinfecting often-touched surfaces

Not at all closely 2%

Not very closely 8%

Somewhat closely 26%

Very closely 64%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Wearing a face mask when outside of your home

Not at all closely 12%

Not very closely 11%

Somewhat closely 20%

Very closely 57%

We’ll get to the political/government questions in a bit.

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