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Poll: 28 Percent Say Pandemic's Worst Is Behind Us, 45 Percent Disagree

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Scott Rasmussen By Wednesday, 04 August 2021 09:50 AM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

August 4, 2021: The stunning collapse in confidence that the pandemic is behind us continues. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 28% of voters now believe we’ve put the worst behind us.[1] That’s down from 56% two months ago.[2] Forty-five percent (45%) of voters now believe the worst is yet to come.[1] That’s up from 20% in late May.[2]

These numbers are the most pessimistic measured since December of last year.[3]​ Beginning with the rollout of the vaccines in January, confidence continually grew for five months. [4][5][6][7][8]

Those who say they will never get vaccinated are a bit less pessimistic than other voters. However, even those voters, by a 44% to 36% margin, tend to think the worst is yet to come.[1]

Republicans are now evenly divided as to whether the worst is behind us or yet to come. A majority of Democrats and a solid plurality of independents fear the worst is in the future rather than the past.[1]

Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is a political analyst, author, public speaker, independent public opinion pollster and columnist for Creators Syndicate. Read Scott Rasmussen's Reports — More Here.

Footnotes:

  1. ScottRasmussen.com, "Confidence Collapse Continues: Just 28% Believe the Worst of the Pandemic is Behind Us," August 2, 2021
  2. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 3, 2021," June 3, 2021
  3. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 28, 2021," July 28, 2021
  4. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 2, 2021," February 2, 2021
  5. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 23, 2021," February 23, 2021
  6. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 11, 2021," March 11, 2021
  7. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 20, 2021," April 20, 2021
  8. Ballotpedia.org, "Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 4, 2021," May 4, 2021

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