DATA PAGE

Based on a nationwide survey of 800 registered voters, including an oversample of 300 African Americans

Resetting the COVID conversation, Americans and newer digital platforms, teleworking after the pandemic, different types of daily news podcast . . . . . . . . .

Forty-nine percent of Americans consider a “pandemic” more “significant, serious and scary” than “COVID-19” (39%) or “the coronavirus” (13%).

Respondents had a much more positive reaction to a “stay-at-home order” than a “lockdown” or “aggressive restrictions.”

Referring to policies to combat the pandemic as “fact-based” is more effective than saying they’re based on “science,” “data,” or “medicine.”

Americans have a more positive reaction when rules and regulations to address COVID-19 are called “protocols” rather than “mandates,” “directives,” “controls,” or “orders.”

More than 4 in 5 respondents prefer “face masks” over “facial coverings.”