Before Trump Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Republicans’ Attention to Pandemic Had Sharply Declined

Six months into a pandemic that has claimed more than 200,000 lives in the United States and profoundly impacted daily life – and before President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus – about six-in-ten Americans say the country has not controlled the coronavirus outbreak as much as it could have. At the same time, about four-in-ten also believe that the outbreak has been made into a bigger deal than it really is.

On these two issues, there is deep disagreement between Democrats and Republicans. And within the GOP, opinions...