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The American People Have Had It with Anthony Fauci, Polls Find
Townhall.com ^ | 22 May A.D. 2021 | Rebecca Downs

Posted on 05/22/2021 6:13:23 PM PDT by lightman

Over a year into the pandemic, after we were told we would only need two weeks to stop the spread, the American people have understandably less than thrilled with Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Lawrence Richard of the Washington Examiner pointed to not one, but two polls showing so.

One, from the Trafalgar Group, found that almost double the amount of overall likely voters said their confidence in Dr. Fauci had decreased in the past year as it had increased, by 42.2 percent to 22.1 percent. A plurality of respondents, at 30.1 percent, said their confidence had "decreased significantly," while 26.1 percent said their confidence was "unchanged."

Respondents were least likely to choose that their view "increased," with only 9 percent doing so, while 9.6 percent shared they had "no opinion."

The results were predictable for Democrats and Republicans, though the increased confidence in Fauci from Democrats, at 32.4 to 20.0 percent was not as significant as the decreased confidence from Republicans, at 66.1 to 12.1 percent.

A strong plurality of Democrats said their confidence was unchanged, at 34.7 percent. A majority of Republicans, however, at 50.8 percent, said their confidence "decreased significantly."

Those with no party affiliation were twice as likely to say their confidence decreased rather than increased, by 41.7 percent to 20.4 percent. A plurality, at 31.5 percent, said their view was unchanged, though 27.3 percent said their confidence "decreased significantly."

The poll was conducted May 16-May 18 with 1,093 respondents of likely voters, with 2.96 percent margin of error. Like most polls, Democrats were oversampled, making the decrease in confidence from overall respondents all the more noteworthy. The respondent breakdown was 39.3 percent Democrats, 35.6 percent Republicans, and 25.1 percent who were categorized as "non-partisan/other."

The Trafalgar Group was named the best poll for the 2016 presidential election. Their polling was also accurate when it came to showing Glenn Youngkin having the most support at the Virginia GOP convention. Youngkin won the nomination on May 10.

Then there's a poll from Yahoo! News/YouGov. The headline there is with how Republican respondents regard Fauci, in a poll of 1,561 adults, conducted May 11-May 13.

"New Poll Shows 61 Percent of Republicans Say Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘Hurt America,’" Tommy Christopher reported for Mediaite.

Analyzing these results requires a lot more nuance.

Respondents were indeed asked "Which comes closest to your view of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s impact during the pandemic," with one option that he heled more than hurt and another hurt more than helped. Sixty percent of Republicans indeed said that he hurt more than helped.

Also, the overall respondent breakdown was interesting, with 46 percent saying he helped more and 30 percent saying he hurt more, but then 24 percent saying they had no opinion. If that 24 percent changed their mind, the hurt more than help view could overtake, or the help more than hurt can widen the gap even more.

Another question asked respondents to "rate the way Dr. Anthony Fauci is handling the COVID-19 crisis." While a plurality chose "excellent," at 26 percent, a nearly identical amount chose "poor," at 25 percent. Sixteen percent were unsure.

It's significant that women and Democrats, who support Fauci, are sampled at a higher number than men and Republicans, who do not.

To illustrate, a plurality of 702 men, at 30 percent, rate Fauci's handling as "poor." Meanwhile, a plurality of 857 women, at 28 percent, rate his handling as "excellent." And then a majority of 537 Democrats, at 54 percent, say Fauci is doing an "excellent" job, while a majority of Republicans, at 55 percent, say he is doing a "poor" job.

Here's hoping Anthony Fauci enjoyed the spotlight while it's latest.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid1984; fauci; fauxi; poll; polls; scamdemic
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Karans and Gavins: You're next!
1 posted on 05/22/2021 6:13:23 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Who would know, with the propaganda media we have?


2 posted on 05/22/2021 6:15:21 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: lightman

We need a study to find ut how long a Fauxci can survive without oxygen. Specultion is anecdotal, we need hard data from real life events.


3 posted on 05/22/2021 6:18:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lightman

And it’s actually worse than they they think. I’d technically have to answer Unchanged, which they probably count as neutral.


4 posted on 05/22/2021 6:21:16 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: lightman

But aren’t we supposed to hang on every utterance of Fauci? Isn’t he a guru and an oracle and the most brilliant man ever to walk the earth?????


5 posted on 05/22/2021 6:33:53 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: lightman
Those with no party affiliation were twice as likely to say their confidence decreased rather than increased, by 41.7 percent to 20.4 percent.

We never hear a peep about the "independents" any more. I guess when you can manufacture votes, you don't need to worry about the fence sitters any more.

6 posted on 05/22/2021 6:35:16 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: lightman

I knew this pandemic was a BS scam by the end of March 2020. What the hell took people so long to figure it out?


7 posted on 05/22/2021 6:38:37 PM PDT by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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To: lightman
Followed Fauci's mishandling the response to AIDS in the 80's. (Keeping bath houses open, letting gays donate blood after we KNEW gays were at a very high risk.)

Knew someone who worked with him in the 90's who thought he was deep state.

He had no problem with Obama bringing Ebola cases to the US!

Never trusted him on Covid.

8 posted on 05/22/2021 6:40:11 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: lightman; All

Those obsessed with this Covid thing perpetuate Fauci’s platform. We still have people here posting BS statistics and the Freeper audience falls for this crap.


9 posted on 05/22/2021 6:45:04 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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10 posted on 05/22/2021 6:48:40 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Anthony Fauci is a 100% empty suit. This low life piece of scum & vermin humanity never worked an honest day in his life!!! I had this useless piece of humanity pegged from day one!!! What a waste of time, ....this Anthony Fauci is!!! And...to boot...a traitor/turncoat...too!!!


11 posted on 05/22/2021 6:54:20 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Cobra64

Here’s the thing to be obsessed about: 99.98% survivability.

COVID-19 is airborne.

That means, “in the air, everywhere”.

It is ENDEMIC.

We will ALL get exposed..over and over.
MANY of us will “test positive”, mostly without symptoms.
SOME of us will be “symptomatic”, and a subset will be really sick.
And (unfortunately) a FEW of us will die.

This is NOT the Bubonic plague.
This is NOT the Spanish Influenza.

Tear off that face diaper.
Breathe deeply. Inhale some COVID.
Build up your immune system.
And LIVE!


12 posted on 05/22/2021 6:54:49 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U77MA42hrHA

I thought Fauci was the leader of the COVID cult...


13 posted on 05/22/2021 7:03:48 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“...We need a study to find out how long Fauxi can survive without oxygen. Speculation is anecdotal, we need hard data from real life events...”

Better yet, we need a “study” to find out how long Fauxi can survive out in the general public without his security detail before being “mussolini’ed”


14 posted on 05/22/2021 7:09:52 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Fred Nerks

fauci in disfavor Ping.


15 posted on 05/22/2021 7:49:56 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Candor7

Fauxi has the potential of becoming the most hated man on the planet.


16 posted on 05/22/2021 8:32:31 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: rllngrk33

Exactly ! I noticed on April 16. Birx and Fauxi did not even appear

THE ONLY DISCUSSION WAS REOPENING

I called it VICTORY DAY

everything thenceforth was BULLCRAP


17 posted on 05/22/2021 9:53:57 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: lightman

I want to know what this arrogant little pricks net worth is.


18 posted on 05/22/2021 10:19:37 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: lightman

Yup.


19 posted on 05/22/2021 11:03:25 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

I renamed Fraudchee as COVID Kervorkian long ago.


20 posted on 05/23/2021 12:43:17 AM PDT by zaxtres (`)
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