Partisanship biggest factor in comfort with activities during coronavirus Average percentage point gap in comfort across six different activities by
In every case, the differences between Republicans’ and Democrats’ levels of comfort far exceeds other demographic and even geographic differences. Across all six items, the average partisan gap in levels of comfort is nearly twice as big as the gap between whites and nonwhites and is far larger than the gap between men and women, those living in urban and rural communities, and the gap between younger and older Americans.
Partisanship biggest factor in comfort  | with activities during coronavirus  | Average percentage point gap in comfort across six  | different activities by  | Partisanship  | 26  | Ra ce  | 15  | Geography  | 11  | Gender  | 5  | Age  | 3  | Notes: Indicates the average gap between the share of two groups  | expressing confidence in six different activities. Party-difference  | between Rep/I Lean Rep and Dem/Lean Dem. Race-difference  | between non-Hispanic white and non white. Geography-difference  | between urban and rural. Gender-difference between men and  | women. Age-difference between 18-49 and 50+.  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted June 16- 22, 2020.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 