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Did a survey find that 71% of Democrats think that people should still stay home as much as possible to protect against the coronavirus?

Friday, June 11, 2021

By Lisa Freedland

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A May 18-23 Gallup survey of American attitudes on “returning to normalcy” as serious COVID-19 illnesses decline found that 71% of Democrats believed that people should “stay home as much as possible,” even if they are seemingly healthy.

The figure is down from 85% in April 2021, but remains much higher than the figures for other Americans—only 13% of Republicans and 36% of independents believed that healthy people should still stay home. In sum, 56% of all surveyed believed people should “live their normal lives” as much as possible

An early June Ipsos poll found that 66% of Americans had seen friends or family in the past week, and 61% had gone out to eat. Democrats were more in favor of requiring proof of vaccination to return to work than Republicans, Ipsos reported.

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Gallup US life becomes quasi-normal as virus fears fade

Ipsos America’s pandemic state of mind coming to an end

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