Plenty of polls and surveys have demonstrated that Republicans and Democrats view the coronavirus threat quite differently.

As an example, Pew found in June that 61% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents believed that the worst of the coronavirus is behind us, while only 23% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters believed the same. Some 76% of the latter group thought the worst of the virus is still to come. The research shows disparities between the groups on other questions, like how comfortable those surveyed feel about getting a haircut or eating out.