Partisanship strongly colors views of many aspects of the pandemic, including its trajectory, as Democrats are more than three times as likely as Republicans to say it is getting worse, 75% vs.
20%. For their part, 45% of independents say the same.Since Gallup first asked Americans about their social distancing behaviors in mid-March, majorities have said they distanced "very often" or "always" in "the past 24 hours." From late March to early May, majorities consistently said they had always socially distanced the previous day.But as state economies began to reopen, reports of social distancing trended downward.