GOP Voters Give Trump Cover to Reopen

“Republican voters have undergone a significant shift on the coronavirus in a few short weeks,” according to a new Politico/Morning Consult poll.

“A month ago, half of GOP voters said they were more worried about public health than the economy. Now, fewer than 2 in 5 say their concerns about the physical dangers of the virus outweigh their fears of a free-falling economy — a 13 percent drop. And the percentage of Republicans who said it was more important for the government to address the spread of the virus than the economy fell 22 points, from 65 percent to 43 percent, versus a 15-point drop overall.