President Trump’s approval rating on his handling of the coronavirus continues to hold steady at 44% even after his own COVID-19 diagnosis late last week, according to NBC|SurveyMonkey’s latest weekly tracking poll. The partisan splits continue to hold steady as well, with 88% of Republicans but just 35% of independents and 6% of Democrats approving of his handling of the government’s pandemic response.
Just 47% of Republicans and GOP leaners say they wear a mask every time they leave home and might be in contact with other people, compared with 71% of independents and 87% of Democrats and Democratic leaners. Those numbers have been steady throughout our weekly tracking (in late July, 48% of Republicans, 71% of independents, and 86% of Democrats said they wear a mask every time).
Still, Republicans continue to be relatively unconcerned about the potential health consequences of the coronavirus, with just 14% of Republicans (compared with 37% of independents and 48% of Democrats) saying they are very worried that they or someone in their family will be exposed to the virus.
View the full results by partisanship below.
Read more about our polling methodology here.
