{"id":9410,"date":"2020-09-15T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-covid-19-messaging-though-large-partisan-gaps-persist\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:44:15","slug":"majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-covid-19-messaging-though-large-partisan-gaps-persist","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/09\/15\/majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-covid-19-messaging-though-large-partisan-gaps-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump\u2019s COVID-19 messaging, though large partisan gaps persist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after announcing an emergency authorization of the use of blood plasma to treat COVID-19 at the White House on Aug. 23, 2020. (Pete Marovich\/Getty Images)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts from Bob Woodward\u2019s new book<\/a> in which President Donald Trump expresses deeper concern about the dangers of COVID-19 than he was publicly conveying at the time have thrust Trump\u2019s statements and messaging on the pandemic back into the campaign spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revelations come at a time when Americans are following Trump\u2019s statements on that subject less closely than a few months ago, even though they are still paying close attention to the pandemic overall, according to a new survey, conducted before Woodward\u2019s recordings were published, that is part of Pew Research Center\u2019s American News Pathways project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to Trump\u2019s statements, nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults (57%) say the president has been delivering the wrong message about the coronavirus outbreak<\/a> to the country, and two-thirds say Trump and his administration only sometimes or hardly ever get the facts right about the outbreak. The survey also finds large partisan gaps when it comes to the administration\u2019s credibility and messaging about the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the 57% of Americans who say Trump has been delivering the wrong message to the country, 23% say it is mostly wrong while 34% say it is completely wrong. That compares with 42% who say his message on coronavirus has been completely right (10%) or mostly right (32%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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