Poll : Most Americans don't trust Trump on coronavirus. Republicans don't trust CDC or Fauci.

[Celerity]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/poll-americans-don-t-trust-trump-coronavirus-republicans-don-t-n1235680

WASHINGTON — Fewer than a third of Americans say they trust what President Donald Trump has said about the coronavirus pandemic, new polling shows, while a majority of the public trusts the messaging from the country's leading health experts. According to the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Tracking Poll, 58 percent of Americans say they don't trust what Trump has said about the pandemic, while 31 percent say they do trust his comments.

But a majority of American adults say they trust statements from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fifty-one percent of adults say they trust Fauci's statements, and 55 percent say they trust the CDC. Twenty-nine percent say they don't trust Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and 32 percent say the same of the CDC. And 49 percent say they trust what their states' governors have said, with 37 percent saying they don't.



The new poll shows a serious political divide driving public opinion.

Majorities of Republicans trust what the president has said, but they don't trust what Fauci has said or what has come out of the CDC. Just 32 percent of those who identify as Republicans or lean Republican say they trust what Fauci has said. Thirty-eight percent say they trust the statements from the CDC. Majorities of Republicans and Republican leaners say they don't trust Fauci or the CDC, 53 percent and 52 percent respectively.

As for Trump, 69 percent of Republican and Republican leaners say they trust his comments, while 29 percent don't. Forty-nine percent of Republicans and Republican leaners say they don't trust their governors' comments, while 41 percent say they do. Democrats, by comparison, overwhelmingly trust the CDC and Fauci's comments but don't feel the same about Trump. Seventy-eight percent of those who identify as Democrats or lean Democratic say they trust what Fauci has said, and 76 percent say they trust the CDC's messages. Only 9 percent of Democrats or Democratic leaners say they don't trust Fauci, and 16 percent say they don't trust the CDC.

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[empedocles]

1. Covid will continue to be a 'reality test' for the 'cons and some independents.

[crickets]

2. I'd love to see the breakdown for Fox News watchers.

That might show all anyone needs to know about how the numbers came to be this way.