(The Center Square) – The share of Illinois residents who have some or a lot of trust in coronavirus researchers and scientists was 90.8 percent, according to a new study by a consortium of four universities, including Northwestern.
In contrast, 2.4 percent of the state’s residents said their level of trust in COVID-19 researchers and scientists was “Not at all,” and 6.8 percent of state residents responded “Not too much” to how much trust they placed in experts.
Although the overall trust Americans have in their political leaders and institutions to handle the pandemic has dropped in recent months, confidence in medical professionals and researchers exceeded 90 percent in May, the study found. This is less than 2 percentage points below the confidence level expressed a month earlier.
In contrast, Americans’ trust in all their institutions’ ability to respond to the coronavirus situation has dropped 8 percent since April, the analysis found.
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Survey Responses: Trust in COVID-19 Scientists, Researchers
StateNot at AllNot Too MuchSomeA LotError MarginNumber of RespondentsAlabama4.2%8.3%39.7%47.9%7.1352Alaska1.7%8.4%34.2%55.7%11.9106Arizona1.4%8.0%37.4%53.3%5.5478Arkansas3.1%10.6%43.9%42.4%7.2294California1.4%9.1%31.8%57.7%4.1875Colorado1.3%8.8%36.5%53.3%5.7389Connecticut1.5%6.8%33.4%58.4%8.3239Delaware2.9%5.6%34.8%56.8%7.4260District of Columbia0.8%7.8%31.6%59.8%12.2121Florida1.7%7.7%34.8%55.9%4.8604Georgia3.5%5.4%42.7%48.4%5.7429Hawaii0.5%9.5%34.6%55.4%7.7272Idaho4.1%6.5%40.0%49.4%6.1368Illinois2.4%6.8%34.9%55.9%4.6515Indiana2.2%7.6%36.5%53.8%6.0376Iowa1.6%4.4%36.8%57.2%7.4243Kansas2.9%8.4%35.9%52.8%7.8236Kentucky1.7%7.1%42.4%48.9%6.7331Louisiana2.8%7.5%42.1%47.6%6.5362Maine2.6%6.8%34.1%56.5%5.8368Maryland1.6%7.0%29.6%61.8%5.8396Massachusetts1.3%3.2%30.3%65.2%5.2435Michigan0.4%6.9%39.0%53.6%5.2480Minnesota2.0%6.6%33.2%58.2%6.5334Mississippi4.3%6.6%37.5%51.6%9.2229Missouri2.1%10.2%37.4%50.2%5.6446Montana0.0%7.6%36.3%56.1%11.4130Nebraska2.2%5.6%43.4%48.8%9.9159Nevada1.2%5.5%37.5%55.7%7.6280New Hampshire2.9%4.4%33.8%58.9%5.9350New Jersey0.6%5.9%40.0%53.6%4.8526New Mexico0.2%8.1%35.1%56.5%10.9162New York1.1%6.1%33.9%58.9%4.5619North Carolina2.5%9.1%38.1%50.4%5.2511North Dakota2.2%6.9%33.3%57.6%9.1211Ohio4.8%5.3%37.7%52.3%5.1476Oklahoma2.3%12.2%33.2%52.3%7.3287Oregon1.4%5.1%34.8%58.7%5.4409Pennsylvania2.2%5.0%36.8%56.0%4.6543Rhode Island0.9%11.1%34.3%53.7%9.1178South Carolina3.8%7.5%45.2%43.5%6.3345South Dakota1.6%7.5%43.5%47.4%8.8179Tennessee3.6%8.1%37.9%50.4%5.8387Texas1.7%4.4%43.2%50.7%4.8613Utah0.8%7.9%38.1%53.3%8.1274Vermont1.8%3.9%33.4%60.9%8.8162Virginia4.5%6.5%33.5%55.5%5.1453Washington1.8%5.9%34.7%57.6%5.0493West Virginia1.6%6.2%45.1%47.0%8.8195Wisconsin2.0%7.3%35.6%55.1%5.5419Wyoming5.0%9.5%32.6%52.9%11.1108
Source: Northwestern Institute for Policy Research
