(The Center Square) – The share of Illinois residents who say they have some or a lot of trust in the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic was 70.2 percent, according to a new study by Northwestern and three other universities.
In contrast, 14.3 percent of the state’s residents said their level of trust in Illinois coronavirus policies was “Not at all,” and 15.5 percent of state residents responded “Not too much” to the trust question.
Overall, Americans’ trust in their institutions’ ability to respond to the COVID-19 emergency has dropped 8 percent since April, the analysis found. State residents’ trust in their particular state government’s handling of the virus threat went down 6 percent on average over the same time period, according to the study.
Confidence in medical professionals’ advice continues to exceed 90 percent, however.
The researchers also found that more than one-quarter of those surveyed in April and May nationally described symptoms that would amount to moderate to severe depression. That’s more than threefold the level of depression prior to the pandemic, the study said.
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Survey Responses: Levels of Trust in States’ COVID-19 Policies
StateNot at AllNot Too MuchSomeA LotError MarginNumber of RespondentsAlabama7.7%26.1%45.2%21.0%7.0354Alaska5.1%19.8%52.7%22.4%11.9106Arizona7.7%19.0%56.8%16.6%5.5477Arkansas8.6%14.3%56.9%20.1%7.2294California8.3%14.9%41.9%34.9%4.1871Colorado7.6%18.9%46.1%27.4%5.7387Connecticut9.2%16.1%42.6%32.1%8.3241Delaware10.3%15.7%46.9%27.1%7.4262District of Columbia4.6%3.9%53.4%38.1%12.4121Florida9.9%18.9%47.8%23.4%4.8604Georgia14.0%26.8%44.2%15.0%5.7429Hawaii8.4%24.3%46.8%20.4%7.7272Idaho6.8%20.2%55.2%17.8%6.1368Illinois14.3%15.5%40.4%29.8%4.6513Indiana4.9%21.1%52.5%21.5%6.0377Iowa12.7%25.3%46.2%15.8%7.5243Kansas5.0%16.3%53.2%25.5%7.8237Kentucky9.4%12.3%43.5%34.7%6.7332Louisiana9.7%13.2%48.2%28.9%6.5362Maine7.8%24.9%41.4%25.9%5.7368Maryland4.4%10.2%43.8%41.6%5.9397Massachusetts2.6%9.8%45.0%42.5%5.4434Michigan12.1%12.9%39.0%36.0%5.1480Minnesota5.1%15.6%44.0%35.2%6.6336Mississippi7.5%17.0%50.2%25.3%9.2229Missouri8.5%23.7%50.3%17.5%5.6445Montana8.5%12.0%51.8%27.7%11.5129Nebraska7.3%15.2%56.0%21.6%9.9159Nevada10.6%13.4%45.8%30.2%7.7278New Hampshire4.1%10.1%49.6%36.2%6.0349New Jersey6.3%17.1%45.6%31.0%4.8527New Mexico17.1%13.8%37.8%31.3%10.6162New York6.6%13.2%39.3%41.0%4.5616North Carolina6.7%20.2%49.7%23.4%5.2512North Dakota7.8%12.3%45.0%34.9%9.2210Ohio5.6%14.0%44.2%36.2%5.0479Oklahoma11.9%23.8%52.3%11.9%7.3287Oregon9.7%20.2%43.0%27.2%5.4410Pennsylvania11.9%17.3%47.6%23.3%4.6541Rhode Island4.8%16.2%42.5%36.4%9.0178South Carolina5.3%22.2%55.9%16.6%6.3346South Dakota9.4%28.6%40.9%21.1%8.7178Tennessee7.8%18.1%54.2%19.9%5.8389Texas7.4%18.9%53.9%19.9%4.8617Utah5.5%21.0%47.7%25.9%8.1272Vermont4.8%7.5%44.1%43.7%8.9161Virginia11.1%17.6%50.1%21.2%5.1452Washington8.6%18.3%42.1%31.0%5.0490West Virginia6.7%9.4%61.5%22.4%8.6194Wisconsin10.8%23.5%45.7%20.0%5.6417Wyoming7.3%19.6%52.0%21.0%11.1108
Source: Northwestern Institute for Policy Research
