A majority of Americans say they are at least somewhat confident the federal government can prevent a nationwide epidemic of coronavirus, according to a new CNN poll, but only about half say the govt. has done a good job of containing its spread so far
Reviews of President Donald Trump's handling of the outbreak of coronavirus tilt negative, with 48% saying they disapprove and 41% approving.But the President's overall approval rating remains exactly the same as it has been in CNN polling since December: 43% approve, 53% disapprove. That continues to include the approval of roughly 9 in 10 Republicans while fewer than 1 in 10 Democrats agree.
And while 79% of Republicans express at least some confidence that the government can prevent a nationwide epidemic of the novel coronavirus, only 41% of Democrats feel the same. That 38-point spread is double the partisan gap on a similar question in a 2014 survey on the Ebola outbreak and 25 points larger than the partisan gap in confidence on the government's ability to contain an outbreak of the swine flu in 2009.
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