In 2002 and 2010, at least 7 in 10 Republicans trusted the accuracy of important medical advice from their doctor - higher even than among Democrats at the time. It registered at 73% among Republicans in 2010. Today, though, that number has fallen to 60%
For the better part of a year, the coronavirus vaccination effort has struggled mightily to appeal to a crucial group of holdouts: vaccine-skeptical Republicans. And for a time, the conventional wisdom settled upon a potential antidote: getting local doctors and local health experts to espouse the benefits of vaccination. Republicans might not listen to Anthony Fauci, the reasoning went, but maybe they'd listen to someone who was a fixture in their community.
Today, though, that number has fallen to 60%. And it's not the only evidence that Republicans increasingly mistrust the advice of health experts. Ditto for the media, with people tending to mistrust the media more broadly but viewing their local media as more trustworthy than national outlets.If there's a lesson from the Gallup poll and others, it's that Republicans' discontent with and mistrust of experts and institutions - which once largely exempted medical professionals - is growing, relatively speaking, and it appears to be extending even to local ones.
In May 2020, toward the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Pew polling showed a spike in faith in scientists that didn't extend to Republicans. While the number of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters who trusted medical scientists "a great deal" went from 37% in 2019 to 53%, it held level at about 3 in 10 Republicans and Republican leaners.
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