We've got a new set of HuffPost/YouGov polling on masks. If this was supposed to be the new front in a culture war...someone apparently forgot to tell most of the public.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/face-masks-poll-partisan-culture-war_n_5ec584fcc5b642a7d150e103 …
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20% of GOP men see mask-wearing as a sign of weakness, compared to 8% of Dem men, 6% of Dem/GOP women. So: something interesting going on there. But at the same time, even 20% is a distinct minority.pic.twitter.com/zOzAchDq8J
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A 63% majority of Americans say Trump and other officials should wear masks. 7% say they shouldn't. The rest aren't sure or don't care.
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Full writeup, with some additional details, here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/face-masks-poll-partisan-culture-war_n_5ec584fcc5b642a7d150e103 … Crosstabs: https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2020/05/20/5ec58353c5b63a90e1d578fe.pdf …
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Oh, one additional note: there is definitely some geographic variation here as well.pic.twitter.com/CEZJOJrtRP
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Also, perpetual caveats about self-reported behavior for all the questions on mask-wearing, which are vulnerable to social desirability effects.
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That being said, if flat-out rejecting masks had truly become a symbolic statement of partisan signalling you'd DEFINITELY expect polls to pick that up.
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A couple of other good polls I've seen on masks/social distancing recently: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-expectations-for-safe-public-gatherings-slip-to-july-at-the-earliest-post-u-md-poll-finds/2020/05/12/7adb92f6-9477-11ea-91d7-cf4423d47683_story.html …https://twitter.com/CBSNewsPoll/status/1260896106138959872 …
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"Respectful" is really the key word here. Too many people are arguing about "rights" and "safety" and "you don't care about others." But...just show some goddamn respect to those around you. It's not that hard.
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And if we stop giving that 8% so much goddamn attention that number will get even lower.
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