Health Populi April 6, 2020
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Nearly 3 in 4 Americans see their lives disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the early April Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll.

This feeling holds true across most demographic factors: among both parents and people without children; men and women alike; white folks as well as people of color (although fewer people identifying as Hispanic, still a majority).

There are partisan differences, however, in terms of who perceives a life-disruption due to COVID-19: 76% of Democrats believe this, 72% of Independents, and 70% of Republicans.

Interestingly, only 30% of Republicans felt this way in March 2020, more than doubling to 70% as of early April 2020 more closely reflecting Democrats’ and Independents’ views on life-disrupted.

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