U.S. voters remain concerned about COVID-19: exit poll
(Reuters) - Half of U.S. voters believe it is more important to contain the coronavirus even if it hurts the economy, according to an Edison Research poll on Tuesday.
While only two of 10 voters nationally said that COVID-19 was the issue that mattered most in their choice for president, the poll revealed deep concern about the pandemic that has infected more than 9.4 million people in the United States this year and killed more than 230,000.
Republican President Donald Trump has made the full opening of the U.S. economy a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, even as infections continue to rise. His Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, has claimed Trump is undeserving of a second term because of his handling of the pandemic.
In the national exit poll, four out of 10 voters said they think the effort to contain the virus is going "very badly." In the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina, five of 10 voters said the national response to the pandemic is going "somewhat or very badly."
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