Is it safe or unsafe to do each of the following? (October 2020)

Is it safe or unsafe to do each of the following? (October 2020)

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Go grocery shopping80%
Vote in person75%
Get a haircut66%
Go to work64%
Stay in a hotel62%
Eat at a restaurant56%
Attend church50%
Go to a shopping mall49%
Ride in an elevator48%
Send your child to school45%
Attend an outdoor event41%
Fly on an airplane39%
Go to a movie theater37%
Go to a gym or health club35%
Attend an indoor event29%
Go to a bar or club28%
Go to political protests27%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Go grocery shopping68%73%93%
Vote in person57%67%91%
Get a haircut47%60%84%
Go to work44%57%83%
Stay in a hotel46%51%77%
Eat at a restaurant30%51%79%
Attend church20%43%77%
Go to a shopping mall24%45%71%
Ride in an elevator28%44%65%
Send your child to school14%42%73%
Attend an outdoor event17%38%62%
Fly on an airplane18%42%57%
Go to a movie theater17%30%56%
Go to a gym or health club12%32%56%
Attend an indoor event8%23%49%
Go to a bar or club8%21%46%
Go to political protests14%29%38%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Go grocery shopping71%65%67%
Vote in person55%62%57%
Get a haircut56%49%42%
Go to work53%46%38%
Stay in a hotel49%55%41%
Eat at a restaurant32%40%24%
Attend church20%28%17%
Go to a shopping mall20%28%25%
Ride in an elevator30%27%27%
Send your child to school15%18%12%
Attend an outdoor event20%18%14%
Fly on an airplane20%23%15%
Go to a movie theater18%23%14%
Go to a gym or health club11%18%10%
Attend an indoor event9%8%8%
Go to a bar or club9%8%7%
Go to political protests12%13%15%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Go grocery shopping90%97%93%
Vote in person87%91%94%
Get a haircut83%79%86%
Go to work81%81%84%
Stay in a hotel76%73%79%
Eat at a restaurant78%75%81%
Attend church69%73%83%
Go to a shopping mall67%62%76%
Ride in an elevator63%57%69%
Send your child to school75%66%74%
Attend an outdoor event64%55%64%
Fly on an airplane56%43%62%
Go to a movie theater53%50%60%
Go to a gym or health club54%44%61%
Attend an indoor event44%45%53%
Go to a bar or club46%34%51%
Go to political protests33%36%41%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Go grocery shopping67%73%93%
Vote in person55%67%91%
Get a haircut47%58%84%
Go to work44%50%84%
Stay in a hotel47%53%76%
Eat at a restaurant30%46%78%
Attend church17%37%79%
Go to a shopping mall24%36%72%
Ride in an elevator28%34%68%
Send your child to school13%33%73%
Attend an outdoor event17%28%64%
Fly on an airplane17%32%57%
Go to a movie theater16%24%59%
Go to a gym or health club12%22%57%
Attend an indoor event7%17%51%
Go to a bar or club8%15%48%
Go to political protests17%15%41%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Go grocery shopping59%78%59%
Vote in person58%51%55%
Get a haircut50%49%41%
Go to work50%41%42%
Stay in a hotel46%46%48%
Eat at a restaurant34%27%30%
Attend church18%15%18%
Go to a shopping mall29%18%26%
Ride in an elevator27%29%26%
Send your child to school14%13%14%
Attend an outdoor event19%17%16%
Fly on an airplane16%16%18%
Go to a movie theater19%13%16%
Go to a gym or health club14%11%13%
Attend an indoor event8%2%11%
Go to a bar or club6%7%10%
Go to political protests15%17%19%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Go grocery shopping90%94%94%
Vote in person83%91%96%
Get a haircut80%79%89%
Go to work74%85%87%
Stay in a hotel72%75%78%
Eat at a restaurant74%75%82%
Attend church66%73%88%
Go to a shopping mall67%69%77%
Ride in an elevator63%65%73%
Send your child to school68%72%76%
Attend an outdoor event52%61%71%
Fly on an airplane45%55%64%
Go to a movie theater50%56%66%
Go to a gym or health club47%52%65%
Attend an indoor event33%50%58%
Go to a bar or club41%46%53%
Go to political protests34%42%43%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Go grocery shopping85%72%74%
Vote in person81%59%66%
Get a haircut74%48%56%
Go to work71%51%53%
Stay in a hotel69%45%52%
Eat at a restaurant64%36%48%
Attend church57%33%40%
Go to a shopping mall55%39%37%
Ride in an elevator53%41%35%
Send your child to school55%27%28%
Attend an outdoor event49%29%29%
Fly on an airplane45%33%24%
Go to a movie theater41%30%30%
Go to a gym or health club41%25%23%
Attend an indoor event34%21%20%
Go to a bar or club32%25%16%
Go to political protests34%16%18%

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CategoryMaleFemale
Go grocery shopping81%80%
Vote in person77%72%
Get a haircut69%64%
Go to work67%61%
Stay in a hotel66%57%
Eat at a restaurant61%52%
Attend church52%48%
Go to a shopping mall54%44%
Ride in an elevator51%44%
Send your child to school52%40%
Attend an outdoor event46%37%
Fly on an airplane44%35%
Go to a movie theater40%36%
Go to a gym or health club38%32%
Attend an indoor event34%26%
Go to a bar or club34%23%
Go to political protests30%25%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Go grocery shopping78%82%80%
Vote in person70%75%81%
Get a haircut61%66%74%
Go to work57%66%67%
Stay in a hotel51%65%67%
Eat at a restaurant45%57%67%
Attend church39%50%64%
Go to a shopping mall42%49%58%
Ride in an elevator39%51%52%
Send your child to school30%49%58%
Attend an outdoor event31%43%52%
Fly on an airplane30%43%42%
Go to a movie theater28%38%48%
Go to a gym or health club25%37%45%
Attend an indoor event18%31%41%
Go to a bar or club16%29%41%
Go to political protests19%28%37%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Go grocery shopping81%71%85%83%
Vote in person72%68%79%76%
Get a haircut64%56%71%73%
Go to work64%58%68%62%
Stay in a hotel61%58%68%54%
Eat at a restaurant54%44%61%61%
Attend church48%39%55%55%
Go to a shopping mall49%43%53%48%
Ride in an elevator48%42%52%44%
Send your child to school39%34%51%54%
Attend an outdoor event41%31%46%46%
Fly on an airplane38%30%46%39%
Go to a movie theater40%33%42%33%
Go to a gym or health club31%30%38%38%
Attend an indoor event31%24%33%28%
Go to a bar or club29%25%31%25%
Go to political protests35%25%27%23%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Go grocery shopping52%78%79%81%85%81%
Vote in person64%71%73%73%79%80%
Get a haircut37%63%67%63%70%73%
Go to work34%65%62%62%65%70%
Stay in a hotel64%57%58%64%66%65%
Eat at a restaurant52%54%57%59%58%51%
Attend church45%50%52%56%48%46%
Go to a shopping mall25%45%54%45%51%49%
Ride in an elevator13%47%48%42%52%51%
Send your child to school8%43%47%51%49%46%
Attend an outdoor event35%40%40%50%41%40%
Fly on an airplane23%40%34%39%41%49%
Go to a movie theater37%37%37%42%38%35%
Go to a gym or health club13%35%32%40%38%35%
Attend an indoor event21%29%26%29%34%29%
Go to a bar or club13%26%28%31%31%25%
Go to political protests14%27%26%33%31%21%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Go grocery shopping86%76%76%72%
Vote in person82%73%66%61%
Get a haircut75%61%58%54%
Go to work72%62%54%49%
Stay in a hotel69%54%60%51%
Eat at a restaurant66%51%48%39%
Attend church69%41%33%19%
Go to a shopping mall58%43%38%35%
Ride in an elevator56%44%41%31%
Send your child to school56%42%43%22%
Attend an outdoor event51%37%33%23%
Fly on an airplane50%31%32%24%
Go to a movie theater47%33%28%21%
Go to a gym or health club44%31%32%18%
Attend an indoor event38%24%22%15%
Go to a bar or club35%24%24%14%
Go to political protests32%22%26%22%

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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Go grocery shopping88%81%72%75%
Vote in person87%73%62%66%
Get a haircut76%66%54%59%
Go to work74%64%48%67%
Stay in a hotel74%61%51%47%
Eat at a restaurant73%55%34%52%
Attend church78%48%19%29%
Go to a shopping mall59%52%30%45%
Ride in an elevator59%49%30%43%
Send your child to school59%49%23%34%
Attend an outdoor event55%43%21%30%
Fly on an airplane53%40%21%33%
Go to a movie theater51%37%19%35%
Go to a gym or health club50%33%19%33%
Attend an indoor event41%29%13%27%
Go to a bar or club38%28%13%26%
Go to political protests34%25%21%31%

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