September 21, 2021 10:28 AM UTC

Sorry, COVIDiots: Coloradans Still Support Science

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• by: Colorado Pols

Joey Bunch at the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports on the results of a new poll conducted jointly with 9NEWS in Denver on Coloradans’ views of vaccination and mask mandates. The results of this poll are an encouraging sign that even after a year and a half of painful  restrictions forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Coloradans still in majority numbers support prevention measures and the science behind them:

Most Coloradans agree with government leaders who are imposing vaccine mandates and mask mandates to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its Delta variant, according to a survey commissioned by Colorado Politics, the Denver Gazette and 9News.

The SurveyUSA assessment indicated 55% support the public health orders such as those imposed by Gov. Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and other local governments across the state.

Also consistent with polling in other states is a sharp partisan divide in support for mask mandates:

Those who identified as Democrats overwhelmingly supported mask requirements at 81%, compared to 48% of unaffiliated voters and 26% of Republicans. [Pols emphasis]

9NEWS zeroes in with their coverage on the hot-button question of mask mandates in schools, which recently served as the pretext for the all-GOP Douglas County Board of Commissioners to make good on longstanding threats to withdraw from the Tri-County Health Department: