{"id":9385,"date":"2020-10-28T13:36:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/public-opinion-about-coronavirus-is-more-politically-divided-in-u-s-than-in-other-advanced-economies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:44:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:44:08","slug":"public-opinion-about-coronavirus-is-more-politically-divided-in-u-s-than-in-other-advanced-economies","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/28\/public-opinion-about-coronavirus-is-more-politically-divided-in-u-s-than-in-other-advanced-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"Public opinion about coronavirus is more politically divided in U.S. than in other advanced economies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A sign in the old town area of D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, calls on people to cover their nose and mouth. (Henning Kaiser\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The United States and other countries have been struggling for most of this year with the twin challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak<\/a> and the havoc it has wreaked on their economies. One key factor in how people assess how their governments are doing in dealing with these challenges is partisanship, measured by the difference in views between those who support a country\u2019s governing party or parties and those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across 13 advanced economies surveyed by Pew Research Center this summer, the association with support (or lack of it) for the governing parties is particularly pronounced in the U.S. when it comes to attitudes about the handling of COVID-19<\/a> and the state of the economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American public agrees on one measure, though: Three-quarters say the country is more divided than before the coronavirus outbreak, regardless of whether or not they support the current administration. Relative to those in the 12 other nations surveyed, Americans are united in seeing divisions in their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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