Thread by @DrewLinzer

I want to share some of the results of our new coronavirus survey, out today, because the impact on people's lives, across the country, is already staggering. Not just health; it's work, income, and how and where it's felt. (1/?)

The full report is here: civiqs.com/reports/2020/3…

As of 3/30, 94% of Americans are practicing social distancing. That's good! It's also a huge number and highlights how widespread the awareness of the crisis is. I have been doing survey research for 20+ years and almost never see percentages this high on anything. (2/?)

The flip side of massive social distancing is that 67% of Americans right now are spending nearly every day at home, leaving only for exercise or essential items. Repeat: Two-thirds of the country right now is spending nearly every day locked at home. (3/?)

Americans increasingly know someone who is infected. In this survey (March 28-30), 13% say they know someone who has been infected or are infected themselves. So you don't think that's exaggerated, in our last survey 3 weeks ago, that number was 1%. (4/?)

The coronavirus outbreak is not an urban-only phenomenon. Not even close. Two-thirds of Americans living in urban areas (68%) have experienced an outbreak -- but so have 55% of people in suburban areas, and 43% of people in rural areas. (5/?)

Those statistics you've seen about jobless claims are all very real. Through 3/30, one in FIVE Americans who were working before the outbreak say that they have been laid off or furloughed from their position. Fully 39% (!) of households have lost income. (6/?)

In sum, more than half of US households (54%) have either lost work or had hours cut (26%), or are insecure/at risk: 28% are extremely or moderately concerned about the financial impact of coronavirus on their household. (7/?)

There is an education split on *where* people are working. 79% of employed Americans with post-graduate degrees are working from home, up from 15% pre-outbreak! In contrast, 60% of non-college graduates are still going into work. Big implications for public health & safety. (8/?)

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents agree: The coronavirus is a real threat, not blown out of proportion. Even so, there is still a big partisan divide.

Percent saying "real threat" by party:
Democrats: 94%
Republicans: 51%
Independents: 73%

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More impacts on people's daily lives: 82% have recently experienced grocery shortages or had difficulty buying household items like toilet paper. Interestingly, these shortages have been felt most strongly in *rural* areas (86%) rather than urban areas (80%). (10/?)

Americans don't see the coronavirus outbreak settling down anytime soon. There's an optimistic 20% who think things will be back to normal by the end of April. But 36% say it will take until the end of June, 30% say September, and 8% think we'll never get back to normal. (11/?)

Meanwhile, people are concerned that they're going to get sick, and if they do, that they won't be able to get a test. Most Americans are extremely (19%) or somewhat (41%) worried about becoming ill. Only 11% are very confident they could get a test if they wanted one. (12/?)

Let's look at policy responses. The new coronavirus stimulus bill receives 69% support. Going further -- most people support a total, national quarantine right now: 44% strongly, 25% somewhat. Even a majority of Republicans (52%) support a national stay-at-home quarantine. (13/?)

One of the big things that Democrats and Republicans disagree about is what's more worrisome: the health or economic impacts of the coronavirus. 77% of Democrats are more worried about health; 69% of Republicans are more worried about jobs & the economy. (14/?)

Democrats and Republicans are also divided on the news media. Democrats think the media is giving an accurate picture (64%) or even under-reporting the outbreak (15%). Republicans overwhelmingly believe (71%) that the media is making the outbreak sound worse than it is. (15/?)

Overall, the U.S. government receives poor marks on its response to the outbreak. 57% think the U.S. government acted too slowly to respond; 52% are not satisfied with the government's current response, and 51% disapprove of how President Trump is handling the response. (16/?)

State and local governments are earning higher ratings for their outbreak response, compared to the U.S. government. 70% of Americans are satisfied with their state/local governments, including 72% of both Democrats and Republicans. (17/?)

We'll keep watching this. Thanks for reading. Be safe, everyone. (18/18)

The complete questionnaire and crosstabs, @Civiqs national survey, March 28-30, 2020: civiqs.com/documents/Civi…