Snapshot of America at the two-year pandemic mark

Findings from 63 waves of Axios/Ipsos tracking on the COVID pandemic in the United States.

The author(s)

  • Chris Jackson Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs
  • Mallory Newall Vice President, US, Public Affairs
  • James Diamond Senior Research Manager, Public Affairs
  • Sarah Feldman Senior Data Journalist, US, Public Affairs
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Washington DC, March 11, 2022 – After nearly two years of COVID, Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus tracking data finds that the divisions that permeated American life before the pandemic, namely partisanship and where people get their news, continue to this day, playing into Americans' attitudes, behaviors, and politics around the virus. In particular, a significant driver of opinion is people's news source, with Fox News and conservative outlet readers differing substantially from MSNBC and CNN viewers.

Below is a series of charts outlining how Americans think, feel, and approach the pandemic from March 2020 till now, recapping the divisions and moments of relative unity around the biggest forced behavioral change since World War II.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on this news release, please contact:

Chris Jackson
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
202 420-2025
[email protected]

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The author(s)

  • Chris Jackson Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs
  • Mallory Newall Vice President, US, Public Affairs
  • James Diamond Senior Research Manager, Public Affairs
  • Sarah Feldman Senior Data Journalist, US, Public Affairs

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