Loading ...COVID-19: Voters Lose Trust in ‘Experts’
Rasmussen Poll
More than three years after “15 days to slow the spread” of COVID-19, most voters have less trust in government health experts – and in the news media, too
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 50% of Likely U.S. voters say the way the government handled the COVID-19 pandemic caused them to have less trust in public health officials. Thirty percent (30%) say the government’s pandemic response caused them to have more trust in public health officials, while 18% say it did not have much impact. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Similarly, 53% of voters say the way the news media covered the COVID-19 pandemic caused them to have less trust in the news media. Just 23% say the pandemic coverage made them trust the media more, while 22% say the coverage did not have much impact on their trust in the news media
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week said the experts in charge of the government’s COVID-19 policy “were wrong about almost everything.”
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters agree with that statement, including 36% who Strongly Agree. Thirty-four percent (34%) disagree with the DeSantis quote, including 20% who Strongly Disagree.