A huge majority considers the MMR vaccine safe for children. The emerging Democratic domestic policy agenda focuses on parents. And Hillary Clinton’s advantage is hiding in plain sight. This is HuffPollster for Tuesday, February 10, 2015.
NO PARTISAN DIFFERENCES IN VACCINE VIEWS – Pew Research: “An 83% majority of the public says vaccines for diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) are safe for healthy children, while about one-in-ten (9%) think such vaccines are not safe. An additional 7% volunteer that they don’t know. Majorities across virtually every demographic and partisan group view the vaccines as safe. However, there are some differences in attitudes, with less educated people and younger adults more likely to say they are not safe.
The new national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Feb. 5-8 among 1,003 adults, finds Republicans (89%) and Democrats (87%) generally agree that such vaccines are safe for children who are healthy…Three-quarters or more in every age group say vaccines for MMR are safe. However, among adults 50 and older, 90% express this view, compared with 77% of adults 18-29 and 81% of those 30-49.” [Pew]
‘No reason it should be otherwise’ – Tara Haelle: “‘Vaccines aren’t a partisan issue. The consensus in favor of vaccination in this country is very strong and extends across every religious, racial and political group,’ says Brendan Nyhan, an assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College, who has studied the way individuals assess information about vaccination. ‘There’s no reason it should be otherwise—communicable diseases don’t care what party you support.’ Indeed, a skim of other political contenders for 2016 reveals that the vast majority support vaccinating children against diseases.” [Politico]
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-1 in 4 Israeli voters are undecided about the March election. [Times of Israel]
-Britons oppose sending weapons to Ukraine. [YouGov]
-Millions who use Facebook don’t realize they’re using “the internet.” [Quartz]
