Younger, older Republicans differ over influence of public health evidence on federal policies to control coronavirus % of U.S. adults who say the federal government's policies to control the spread of coronavirus are by evidence from public health experts A great deal a fair amount Not too much/ Not at all
Overall, 38% of Republicans say the federal government’s policies are influenced a great deal by evidence from public health experts, compared with only 17% of Democrats. Democrats are at least three times as likely as Republicans to say public health experts do not influence the federal government’s policies related to the coronavirus too much or at all (36% vs. 10%).
There are differences in perspective on this issue between younger and older Republicans. About half of Republicans in the Baby Boomer or older generations (47%) say the federal government’s policies on the spread of the coronavirus are influenced a great deal by public health experts, while only 22% of younger Republicans in the Millennial or Gen Z generations say the same.
Younger, older Republicans differ over  | influence of public health evidence on  | federal policies to control coronavirus  | % of U.S. adults who say the federal government's  | policies to control the spread of coronavirus are  | influenced  | by evidence from public health experts  | A great deal a fair amount Not too much/ Not at all  | Rep/ lean Rep  | 38  | 50  | 10  | Millennial &  | 22  | 62  | 14  | younger  | Gen X  | 41  | 46  | 13  | Boomer &  | 47  | 45  | older  | Dem/lean Dem  | 17  | 46  | 36  | Millennial &  | 14  | 51  | 34  | younger  | Gen X  | 20  | 44  | 36  | Boomer &  | 18  | 42  | 39  | older  | Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown  | Source: Survey conducted April 29-May 5, 2020.  | "Trust in Medical Scientists Has Grown in U.S., but Mainly Among  | Democrats  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 