Coronavirus
Concerns About Republicans COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Is Growing
Polling and public officials are increasingly sounding the alarm about one group of Americans that remains stubbornly resistant to the idea of receiving a coronavirus vaccine: Republicans.
The big picture: Vaccine enthusiasm has increased over the last few months, but a giant partisan gap remains.
Driving the news: Nearly half of the Republican men — 49% — say they won’t choose to be vaccinated if a vaccine is available to them, according to a recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey.
- Among those who said they supported Trump in 2020, 47% said they wouldn’t choose to be vaccinated.
- In contrast, 6% of Democratic men and 10% of Biden supporters said they wouldn’t get the shot.
- 25% of Black respondents, 28% of white respondents, and 37% of Latino respondents said the same.
