Over half of Maine’s registered voters support employers issuing vaccine mandates
Washington D.C., September 14, 2021 - A recent Spectrum News/Ipsos Maine poll finds that overall, registered voters in Maine believe COVID-19 (21%) is the biggest problem facing Maine today, followed by the economy (13%), and unemployment (10%).
Governor Janet Mills fares well when it comes to her specific handling of COVID-19 (54% approve). Most also approve of her plans for sending children back to school (55%). For accurate information on COVID-19, the large majority (85%) would trust their personal doctor for information, followed by the CDC (65%) and Dr. Nirav Shah (60%), the head of Maine's Center for Disease Control.
On mask requirements in Maine, most favor implementing them in public spaces such as transit hubs (72%), grocery and retail stores (64%), and K-12 schools (63%). Support for mask requirements is lowest in restaurants/bars (58%) and offices (59%). A majority also favor vaccine requirements implemented by employers and private businesses alike (54%).
About the Study
This Spectrum News/Ipsos Maine poll was conducted via telephone from August 31 - September 7, 2021. This poll is based on a representative sample of 800 registered voters of Maine, age 18 or older. Sixty-one percent of respondents were reached on a cell phone, and 39% were reached on a landline.
The study was conducted in English. The data were weighted to adjust for gender, age, and educational attainment. The demographic benchmarks came from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) from the US Census Bureau.
The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for results based on the entire sample of adults. In our reporting of the findings, percentage points are rounded off to the nearest whole number. As a result, percentages in a given table column may total slightly higher or lower than 100%. In questions that permit multiple responses, columns may total substantially more than 100%, depending on the number of different responses offered by each respondent.
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