The Partisan Gap in Views of the Coronavirus

The major political parties in the U.S. embrace significantly different approaches in their views of human nature, policy issues and the role of government. Americans who identify with either of the two major political parties in turn reflect these differences in the way they view and interpret the world around them. The degree to which this partisanship affects Americans' worldviews has become more widespread and more intense in recent years.

It has not come as a great surprise, then, to find that views of the coronavirus situation differ widely across...