51% of voters say the worst of the pandemic is behind us

May 11, 2022: Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters say the worst of the pandemic is
behind us, the first time a majority of people have held this view since May 2021. A
Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 21% think the worst is still to come, and
28% are not sure.
The survey also found that 49% of voters think that relaxing vaccine mandates, mask
requirements, and social distancing guidelines would be good for the economy, 23%%
think it would be bad for the economy, 14% think it would have no impact, and 14% are
not sure.

Worst of Pandemic is Worst of Pandemic is Still Net

Behind Us to Come

April 28- 51% 21% +30

30 %

Mar. 3-5 48% 24% +24

%

Feb. 10- 40% 32% +8

13 %

Jan. 24- 29% 44% -

25 15
%

Jan. 3-4. 30% 39% -9%

Dec. 21- 27% 46% -

22 19
%

Dec. 14- 29% 40% -

15 11
 %

Dec. 1-3 32% 40% -8%

Nov. 22- 40% 37% +3

23 %

Nov. 15- 43% 34% +9

16 %

Nov. 8-11 46% 28% +18

%

Nov. 4-7 44% 29% +15

%

Oct. 28- 40% 30% +10

30 %

Oct. 11- 38% 34% +4

13 %

Sept. 30- 28% 42% -

Oct. 2 14
%

Sept. 14- 28% 45% -

15 17
%

Aug. 20- 25% 48% -

22 23
%

Aug. 5-7 29% 43% -

 14
%

July 29- 28% 45% -

31 17
%

July 22- 34% 38% -4%

24

July 15- 37% 33% +4

17 %

May 27- 56% 20% +36

29 %

May 20- 52% 21% +31

22 %

Apr. 29- 50% 24% +26

May 1 %

Apr. 15- 41% 32% +9

17 %

Mar. 4-6 42% 28% +14

%

Feb. 18- 39% 31% +8

20 %

Jan. 28- 33% 40% -7%

30

Dec. 10- 21% 62% -

12 41
 %

Nov. 27- 18% 68% -

28 50
%

Nov. 12- 22% 62% -

14 40
%

Oct. 15- 22% 56% -

17 34
%

Oct. 8-10 27% 52% -

25
%

Oct. 1-3 24% 55% -

31
%

Sept. 3-5 29% 49% -

20
%

Aug. 13- 20% 59% -

15 39
%

July 23- 15% 63% -

25 48
%

June 4-6 29% 42% -

13
%
April 9-11 16% 60% -
44
%

Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on
April 28-30, 2022. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc.
Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography,
gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the
nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that
the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.8 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have
any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he
left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.

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