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More data to ponder

New info from 538 about attitudes toward the coronavirus:

As you can see in the chart above, the share of Americans who are either “somewhat” or “very” concerned about infection has risen steadily since the virus began rapidly spreading in the U.S. in March.

But economic concerns, at least at the moment, seem to be worrying more Americans, as the impact of the virus on the economy has been staggering so far. In late March, millions of workers filed for unemployment each week — many times more than previous record highs — and as you can see in the next chart, the share of Americans who are “very” concerned about the economy grew dramatically in the second half of the month, as cities and states began to shut down nonessential businesses.

However:

When you break down that last one, it shows the usual partisan divide. But according to this only 82% of Repubicans have approved of his response from the beginning.

The election in November was always going to be a referendum on Trump’s first term. Even before the pandemic his record was abominable. The man was impeached for god’s sake. But now there’s a body count. And it is very, very high and climbing.

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