Fractured America: How did we get here?

An August 2020 CBS Poll asked Americans whether they considered the number of fatalities from Covid-19 – then around 170,000 in the United States – acceptable. The vast majority of Americans, including 90% of Democrats, said it was not. But among Republicans, fully 57% did deem it acceptable, thoug...

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Auteurs principaux: Hetherington, Marc, Weiler, Jonathan
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: IdeAs 2020
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:An August 2020 CBS Poll asked Americans whether they considered the number of fatalities from Covid-19 – then around 170,000 in the United States – acceptable. The vast majority of Americans, including 90% of Democrats, said it was not. But among Republicans, fully 57% did deem it acceptable, though many also wondered whether the number of deaths was being exaggerated. Regardless, the reporting of that poll was accompanied by widespread shock that so many Republicans could be so blasé about ...