JUNE 8, 2020: Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters believe private businesses should be allowed to decide whether or not their customers are required to wear masks. A Ballotpedia survey found that 47% disagree and 5% are not sure.[1] ([link removed])
There is a strong partisan divide on this question. By a 64% to 32% margin, Republican ([link removed]) voters believe businesses should set the rules for their customers. By a 57% to 38% margin, Democrats ([link removed]) disagree and say businesses should not be allowed to do so. Independent ([link removed]) voters are evenly divided.[1] ([link removed])
Moving out of the business environment into public spaces, 68% believe governments have the legal authority to require masks in public. But, again, there is a wide partisan divide. Eighty percent (80%) of Democrats believe state and local governments have such authority. Only 60% of Independents and 56% of Republicans agree.[1] ([link removed])
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