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Update: Thursday, June 4, 2020 MESSAGE UPDATE Communicating in Crisis: Coronavirus Nationwide surveys of registered voters; Each wave represents approximately 1,000 interviews taken over the prior three days. Latest wave conducted May 28-June 1, 2020. For more info, visit navigatorresearch.org
Key takeaways: • Disapproval of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has hit the highest point yet in our tracking. • The share of Americans who say Trump’s response is compassionate has fallen to a new low, particularly among African Americans. • Americans see the high death toll and a study finding 36,000 lives might have been saved with quicker action as evidence Trump made the outbreak worse than it needed to be. Nationwide surveys of registered voters; Each wave represents approximately 1,000 interviews taken over the prior three days. Latest wave conducted May 28-June 1, 2020. For more info, visit navigatorresearch.org
Trump’s Pandemic Disapproval Continues to Rise
Nearly six in 10 Americans now disapprove of the way that Trump is handling the coronavirus pandemic, the
highest yet in our tracking.
• 47% of Americans say they “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s handling.
• Only half (50%) of Republicans say they “strongly approve” of Trump’s handling.
Do you approve or disapprove of the way that Donald Trump is handling the coronavirus pandemic?
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Nationwide surveys of registered voters; Each wave represents approximately 1,000 interviews taken over the prior three days.
Latest wave conducted May 28-June 1, 2020. For more info, visit navigatorresearch.orgTrump’s Coronavirus Response: Self-Absorbed & Uncompassionate
The majority of Americans say that negative words, including self-absorbed, unprepared, chaotic, irresponsible,
and negligent, apply to Donald Trump’s response to coronavirus, while less than half say positive words apply.
• The majority of independents (54%) and nearly half the public overall (47%) say that “self-absorbed” very
much applies to Trump’s response.
Please indicate how well each of the following words or phrases apply to Donald Trump’s response to
coronavirus:
Applies Not sure Doesn’t apply June 1 May 18
Self-absorbed 63 7 30 +33 +33
Unprepared 62 4 34 +28 +35
Negative Chaotic 60 5 35 +25 +27
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Irresponsible 57 4 39 +18 +20
Negligent 55 7 41 +14 n/a
Serious 45 4 51 -6 -7
Presidential 43 4 54 -11 -13
Positive Competent 42 5 53 -11 -15
Words Honest 41 5 54 -13 -18
Compassionate 38 4 58 -20 -15
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Steep Decline in African American Perceptions of “Compassion”
African Americans are especially likely to say ”compassionate” does not apply to Donald Trump’s response to
coronavirus, though there has also been a decline among white Americans saying “compassionate” applies.
• There’s been a net shift of 32 points among African Americans (-38 to -70) in the last two weeks.
Please indicate how well “compassionate” applies to Donald Trump’s response to coronavirus:
African American White
% Net % Net
Applies Not sure Does not apply Applies Applies Not sure Does not apply Applies
June 1 12 6 82 -70 42 4 54 -12
May 25 18 13 69 -51 44 4 52 -8
May 18 28 6 66 -38 46 4 50 -4
May 11 19 9 72 -53 46 5 49 -3
May 4 27 6 67 -40 47 3 50 -3
Nationwide surveys of registered voters; Each wave represents approximately 1,000 interviews taken over the prior three days.
Latest wave conducted May 28-June 1, 2020. For more info, visit navigatorresearch.orgLack of Early Action Underscores How Trump Worsened
Pandemic
Only about half of Americans have heard about a Columbia University study that found 36,000 lives might have been
saved if Trump had acted more quickly on social distancing, but when they do hear about it, most believe this
information reveals a failure by Trump.
Please indicate whether you think each statement suggests Donald Trump made the coronavirus situation in the
United States worse than it needed to be or not. Much Would have
% Heard
worse Somewhat worse Don’t believe happened anyways About
A recent study found if Trump had taken strong action on coronavirus one week earlier, 47 11 18 24 53
36,000 fewer people would have died
The United States has the highest death toll in the world 43 11 15 31 70
Over 100,000 Americans have died from coronavirus 42 14 7 37 89
Germany initiated a swift lockdown and quickly ramped up testing, which allowed it to
begin reopening its economy before the United States 42 11 13 34 47
South Korea had their first cases around the same time as the United States, but they 41 12 17 30 58
acted more quickly and have seen fewer than 300 deaths so far
The United States has 4% of the world's population, but 30% of coronavirus infections 39 13 15 33 42
The United States ranks 35th worldwide in the number of coronavirus tests conducted per
resident 39 13 14 34 32
One third of U.S. coronavirus deaths have been nursing home residents and workers 30 13 11 46 68
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May 28-June 1, 2020. For more info, visit navigatorresearch.orgUniquely High Death Toll Raises More Concern than High
Infection Rate
While highlighting the high rates of infection in the United States still concerns Americans, more are concerned by
Trump’s handling resulting in far more people dying in the United States than in other countries.
• This comes as more than one in ten Americans (13%) say they know someone who has lost their life to the virus.
Which of the following concerns you more about Which of the following concerns you more about
Donald Trump’s approach to the coronavirus Donald Trump’s approach to the coronavirus
pandemic? pandemic?
Under Trump's watch, Trump's handling has meant Under Trump's watch, 1 in Trump's handling has meant
more than 1.5 million far more people have died every 200 Americans far more people have died
people have become in the United States than in have become infected in the United States than in
infected with coronavirus Neither other countries with coronavirus Neither other countries
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Democrats 29 10 61 16 12 72
Independents 31 29 40 20 30 50
Republicans 10 77 13 6 79 15
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May 28-June 1, 2020. For more info, visit navigatorresearch.orgHow It Got This Bad: Ignoring Early Warnings, Failing to Develop
a Strategy
The public sees Trump’s ignoring of early warnings, cutting programs at the CDC, and failing to develop a
national strategy as actions that made the impacts of the pandemic worse.
Below are some statements about how Donald Trump had handled the coronavirus pandemic. Some have
argued these actions made the health and economic impacts of the pandemic worse, while others disagree.
Please indicate whether you think each one has made things worse or not: Much Worse:
% Much worse Mixed on Trump*
He ignored early warnings when he should have been preparing 51% 47
He cut important pandemic programs at the CDC and got rid of a "pandemic playbook" for
responding to outbreaks 47 33
He has failed to develop a national strategy for delivering supplies and tests, leaving many
states to compete with each other and fend for themselves 47 39
He publicly encouraged states to quickly "reopen," overruling the advice of public health
experts like Dr. Fauci 44 32
His administration tried to "bury" a report aimed at providing a clear plan for safely reopening
cities and states
43 31
He has tried to cut health care and repeal the Affordable Care Act instead of expanding 42 31
coverage
He promoted potentially dangerous, unproven drugs like hydroxychloroquine 41 32
He has refused to wear a mask in public and criticized others for wearing one
39 29
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About the Study
Global Strategy Group conducted a public opinion survey among a sample of 1,007 registered voters conducted
May 28-June 1, 2020. The survey was conducted online, recruiting respondents from multiple opt-in online panel
vendors. Respondents were verified against a voter file and special care was taken to ensure the demographic
composition of our sample matched that of the national registered voter population across a variety of
demographic variables.
Nationwide surveys of registered voters; Each wave represents approximately 1,000 interviews taken over the prior three days.
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