Memo: Voters See Pandemic Preparedness as Important to Include in Reconciliation ​​— and Trust Democrats on the Issue

By Gabriel Bankman-Fried and Ethan Winter

Executive Summary

As part of a July survey of likely voters nationally, Data for Progress and Guarding Against Pandemics conducted further research into the attitudes towards an investment in pandemic preparedness. Here, we were particularly interested in how likely voters view pandemic preparedness in relation to other parts of the reconciliation package that Democrats in Congress are currently considering.