[Press Release] “Overwhelming Majority Oppose New Mandates and Restrictions to Address Omicron Variant”
(Austin, TX—December 15, 2021) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted December 4th through December 7th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.
“Unlike government health officials in Washington, DC, Americans have already figured out that mandates and lockdowns are not the way we will beat the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action. “As we’ve seen in our polls repeatedly, the American people are tired of all this and ready to get on with their lives. The U.S. Senate finally recognized this reality this week with the bi-partisan passage of the bill to block President Biden’s illegal vaccine mandate, and we’re going to see more of this as we get closer to 2022 and elected officials fight to save their jobs.”
For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit:
https://www.thetrafalgargroup.
KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Americans Say New Mandates and Restrictions are Not Necessary to Deal with Omicron:
- 69.4 percent of Americans say no new mandates or restrictions are required for the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
- 31.1 percent say Omicron is not a serious health risk and increased mandates and restrictions are not needed.
- 38.3 percent Americans say regardless of risk from Omicron, increased mandates and restrictions are not needed.
- 30.6 percent of American voters say Omicron is a serious health risk that warrants stricter mandates and restrictions.
KEY INSIGHT: Bipartisan Opposition to News Mandates or Restrictions:
- 67 percent of Independent voters say new mandates are not necessary.
- 18.4 percent say Omicron not a serious risk and no new mandates needed
- 48.6 percent say regardless of risk from Omicron no new mandates needed
- 33.1 percent say serious risk from Omicron and stricter mandates needed
- 86.5 percent of Republican voters say new mandates are not necessary.
- 50.3 percent say Omicron not a serious risk and no new mandates needed
- 36.2 percent say regardless of risk from Omicron no new mandates needed
- 13.4 percent say serious risk from Omicron and stricter mandates needed
- 54.5 percent of Democrats voters say new mandates are not necessary.
- 21.4 percent say Omicron not a serious risk and no new mandates needed
- 33.1 percent say regardless of risk from Omicron no new mandates needed
- 45.5 percent say serious risk from Omicron and stricter mandates needed
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