CNN Poll: Majority of Americans now say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing cor

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CNN Poll: Majority of Americans now say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing coronavirus spread

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director

Updated 11:14 AM ET, Wed April 8, 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/cnn-poll-coronavirus-april-8/index.html

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(CNN)A majority of Americans -- 55% -- now say the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus in the United States, up eight points in about a week, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS as the nationwide death toll from the virus rose above 12,000.

Eighty percent feel the worst of the outbreak is yet to come, most (55%) feel President Donald Trump could be doing more to fight the outbreak, and 37% say they have grown more concerned about coronavirus in the last few days, far outpacing the 5% who say their fears have eased recently.

About 1 in 5 (22%) say they personally know someone who has been diagnosed with the virus, a figure that is double the share who said so in a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted just two weeks ago.

Just under half (46%) say it is at least somewhat likely that they or someone in their family will contract the coronavirus, and there are deep disparities by socio-economic status and partisanship in Americans' level of confidence that they will be able to get treatment should they become ill with the virus.

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[DURHAM D]

1. But here is the problem...

I live in a red state and for the past week I have heard Trump voters not blaming Trump but blaming "the government".

They will not admit that their vote for this incompetent ignorant asshole caused the problem. They tell themselves (and each other) that Trump is still fighting against "the government".

iows - they still think all of those bureaucrats need to be fired

[Yavin4]

2. Who do they think runs the government?

Hillary Clinton?

[DURHAM D]

4. Bureaucrats - otherwise known as Democrats.

This view of the government has been in place for Republicans since Eisenhower. He was supposed to fire all of them and take down all of FDR's programs, policies, and people. That is why most of today's Republicans still hate Eisenhower and are still waiting for the big purge by a real Republican.

It has been in their gut for 75 years and is not going away.

[Beartracks]

3. This right here. It's not "the government," it should be "the Trump Administration."

They have actively hobbled government institutions... you know, in the age-old Republican quest to argue that government can't work, they make damn sure to knee-cap it every chance they get.

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[DURHAM D]

5. CNN is part of the problem

They should not have used the "government" framing.

[Hassler]

6. Nearly 40% of Americans voted for Herbert Hoover, our last

Media saavy businessman. The percentage of moron Americans is a constant 40%

[uponit7771]

7. We need to know swing state numbers, national numbers mean little.