Trafalgar's poll showed that most Americans think vaccination should be a choice. | File Photo
Trafalgar's poll showed that most Americans think vaccination should be a choice. | File Photo
The results of a poll showed that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that getting the COVID-19 vaccine should be a personal choice and not mandated.
This survey was conducted by the Trafalgar Group, in partnership with Convention of States Action (COSA), and surveyed 1,077 likely general election voters.The poll finds that the vast majority of Americans believe that taking a COVID-19 vaccine should be a personal choice and not be mandated. A whopping 71.4% said that it should be a personal choice and only 21.8% supported a vaccine mandate.
“These numbers reveal that hundreds of millions of social media messages, a constant stream of propaganda from the press, paid TV and radio ad campaigns coast-to-coast, daily hammering from Biden administration officials and cajoling from influencers and celebrities on every possible communication platform are having one profound effect on the public. It’s all backfiring,” Mark Meckler, president of Convention of States Action, said. “Americans have never taken kindly to being told what to do, and they are not going to start now. After being told ‘my body, my choice’ for nearly five decades by the same crowd now hypocritically pushing mandates, is it any wonder the public isn’t on board?”
The results did vary slightly by partisan affiliation, but both sides had majorities in support of personal choice. Approximately 58.7% of Democrats and 87.3% of Republicans were in favor of personal choice for the COVID vaccine over a mandate. Over 67% of Independents or third party supporters agreed. Wisconsin reports that 54.81% of residents have had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, with 51.21% being fully vaccinated. This amounts to 2.98 million fully vaccinated people.
Convention of States Action is a grassroots political organization with over 5 million supporters across the United States. The organization's primary focus is on calling an Article V Convention of the States to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. COSA only promotes amendments which would impose limitations on the size and scope of the federal government.
The Trafalgar Group is a public polling and market research firm. Its website states that Real Clear Politics called it the "most accurate pollster of the cycle among those firms that polled multiple Senate and governor races” this year.
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