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Vaccine Miscarriage Risk: Another ‘Serious Scandal’ for Dr. Fauci - Demographics

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National Survey of 1,087 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted August 13 and 16-17, 2026 by Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Trump Approval Right Direction In the 2024 presidential election, who did you vote for, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or some other candidate? Did you get a COVID-19 vaccination as a result of such a compulsory order? How serious is this scandal? If it is proven that officials at the FDA and other federal agencies concealed data about severe side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, what would be the appropriate punishment for these officials?
LV's Male Female 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Democrat Republican Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Right direction Wrong track Not sure Kamala Harris Donald Trump Some other candidate You did not vote Not sure Yes No Not sure Very serious Somewhat serious Not very serious Not at all serious Not sure They should be removed from their jobs They should have their medical licenses revoked They should be criminally prosecuted All of the above They should not be punished at all Not sure
After COVID-19 vaccines became available, some employers made vaccination mandatory as a condition of employment. Did you get a COVID-19 vaccination as a result of such a compulsory order? Yes 32% 32% 31% 48% 39% 35% 30% 16% 28% 36% 45% 37% 40% 27% 27% 32% 28% 34% 46% 32% 30% 33% 37% 20% 27% 36% 40% 28% 32% 25% 13% 46% 38% 34% 20% 35% 31% 32% 42% 30% 32% 36% 29% 30% 34% 30% 44% 16% 0% 100% 0% 0% 35% 37% 30% 23% 15% 41% 48% 29% 28% 25% 18%
No 63% 62% 65% 48% 55% 60% 65% 79% 67% 61% 51% 56% 56% 67% 68% 63% 69% 60% 34% 63% 65% 62% 63% 71% 59% 47% 55% 69% 65% 70% 52% 47% 61% 61% 75% 57% 64% 61% 53% 66% 46% 59% 66% 63% 62% 65% 51% 68% 78% 0% 100% 0% 62% 57% 63% 72% 73% 57% 49% 65% 67% 71% 65%
Not sure 5% 6% 4% 4% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 3% 4% 7% 4% 6% 5% 5% 3% 5% 21% 6% 5% 4% 1% 8% 13% 16% 5% 3% 4% 6% 35% 7% 1% 5% 5% 8% 5% 6% 5% 4% 22% 4% 5% 6% 4% 4% 5% 17% 22% 0% 0% 100% 3% 6% 7% 5% 13% 2% 4% 6% 5% 4% 17%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Trump Approval Right Direction In the 2024 presidential election, who did you vote for, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or some other candidate? Did you get a COVID-19 vaccination as a result of such a compulsory order? How serious is this scandal? If it is proven that officials at the FDA and other federal agencies concealed data about severe side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, what would be the appropriate punishment for these officials?
LV's Male Female 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Democrat Republican Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Right direction Wrong track Not sure Kamala Harris Donald Trump Some other candidate You did not vote Not sure Yes No Not sure Very serious Somewhat serious Not very serious Not at all serious Not sure They should be removed from their jobs They should have their medical licenses revoked They should be criminally prosecuted All of the above They should not be punished at all Not sure
Text messages obtained by Senate investigators show that Dr. Anthony Fauci was aware of concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers. However, Dr. Fauci publicly insisted that there were “no red flags” about pregnant women getting the COVID vaccine. How serious is this scandal? Very serious 48% 49% 47% 36% 50% 51% 53% 45% 47% 48% 57% 41% 38% 65% 40% 70% 40% 18% 28% 46% 52% 47% 46% 46% 51% 44% 49% 54% 48% 41% 5% 48% 45% 52% 51% 38% 83% 54% 40% 27% 17% 74% 33% 41% 29% 68% 54% 22% 31% 53% 46% 29% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 53% 40% 53% 74% 4% 7%
Somewhat serious 18% 17% 19% 28% 23% 24% 16% 8% 16% 23% 20% 26% 19% 16% 19% 19% 20% 16% 11% 26% 20% 16% 16% 17% 6% 35% 26% 14% 17% 12% 0% 19% 21% 20% 10% 27% 11% 32% 26% 14% 40% 19% 17% 23% 17% 18% 18% 35% 27% 21% 16% 21% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 21% 37% 21% 15% 6% 12%
Not very serious 12% 13% 11% 17% 10% 9% 9% 16% 13% 7% 11% 13% 14% 8% 13% 6% 15% 20% 13% 10% 10% 14% 16% 13% 2% 6% 8% 13% 12% 16% 10% 11% 18% 12% 13% 7% 2% 8% 19% 18% 8% 4% 17% 10% 18% 5% 13% 21% 4% 11% 12% 18% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 11% 17% 16% 5% 25% 8%
Not at all serious 15% 16% 14% 8% 7% 10% 18% 23% 17% 12% 5% 17% 21% 6% 18% 4% 17% 37% 12% 11% 14% 15% 16% 20% 21% 10% 9% 12% 16% 26% 16% 15% 14% 11% 21% 12% 1% 4% 4% 31% 3% 2% 24% 4% 28% 4% 9% 9% 4% 11% 17% 14% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 12% 2% 7% 2% 60% 29%
Not sure 7% 6% 8% 11% 9% 7% 5% 7% 7% 9% 7% 4% 8% 4% 9% 2% 8% 9% 37% 7% 4% 8% 5% 4% 19% 6% 7% 6% 7% 5% 69% 8% 3% 5% 6% 16% 3% 2% 10% 10% 32% 2% 9% 22% 9% 4% 6% 13% 34% 3% 8% 18% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 3% 4% 4% 4% 4% 44%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Trump Approval Right Direction In the 2024 presidential election, who did you vote for, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or some other candidate? Did you get a COVID-19 vaccination as a result of such a compulsory order? How serious is this scandal? If it is proven that officials at the FDA and other federal agencies concealed data about severe side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, what would be the appropriate punishment for these officials?
LV's Male Female 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Democrat Republican Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Right direction Wrong track Not sure Kamala Harris Donald Trump Some other candidate You did not vote Not sure Yes No Not sure Very serious Somewhat serious Not very serious Not at all serious Not sure They should be removed from their jobs They should have their medical licenses revoked They should be criminally prosecuted All of the above They should not be punished at all Not sure
If it is proven that governmental officials concealed data about miscarriage risks associated with COVID-19 vaccines, what would be the appropriate punishment for these officials? Should they be removed from their jobs, have their medical licenses revoked, be criminally prosecuted, or all of the above? Or should they not be punished at all? They should be removed from their jobs 20% 20% 20% 19% 26% 22% 19% 16% 19% 23% 27% 10% 19% 19% 21% 21% 20% 16% 23% 24% 21% 21% 18% 12% 8% 23% 25% 21% 20% 12% 7% 20% 20% 19% 18% 23% 19% 18% 32% 19% 12% 19% 21% 13% 21% 17% 50% 13% 20% 26% 18% 6% 22% 23% 19% 15% 8% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
They should have their medical licenses revoked 12% 13% 10% 16% 16% 17% 9% 7% 10% 16% 15% 9% 14% 13% 9% 13% 14% 7% 4% 11% 9% 12% 16% 16% 4% 23% 12% 9% 13% 10% 13% 22% 9% 14% 9% 9% 7% 20% 21% 9% 13% 14% 11% 4% 11% 12% 12% 12% 17% 18% 9% 9% 10% 24% 17% 2% 6% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%
They should be criminally prosecuted 12% 13% 11% 19% 15% 15% 9% 6% 10% 13% 21% 11% 9% 13% 14% 13% 12% 9% 14% 11% 13% 12% 8% 19% 9% 15% 13% 15% 12% 5% 10% 8% 13% 15% 9% 13% 8% 17% 21% 9% 25% 10% 12% 21% 9% 14% 17% 12% 10% 11% 12% 14% 13% 14% 16% 5% 6% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
All of the above 34% 33% 34% 26% 32% 24% 40% 38% 35% 30% 26% 43% 24% 47% 32% 47% 27% 22% 15% 33% 37% 31% 35% 23% 47% 30% 32% 37% 33% 36% 5% 31% 35% 35% 37% 28% 61% 37% 13% 22% 14% 52% 23% 33% 19% 51% 8% 30% 19% 30% 36% 31% 53% 29% 14% 5% 17% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0%
They should not be punished at all 14% 14% 14% 13% 4% 9% 13% 26% 17% 7% 7% 16% 20% 5% 17% 4% 17% 31% 12% 11% 10% 14% 17% 27% 14% 2% 8% 13% 12% 28% 29% 8% 18% 11% 20% 8% 2% 5% 3% 27% 12% 3% 22% 5% 25% 4% 9% 19% 0% 11% 16% 12% 1% 5% 29% 56% 8% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0%
Not sure 9% 7% 10% 7% 8% 13% 10% 7% 9% 12% 4% 11% 15% 3% 8% 3% 10% 14% 31% 11% 9% 9% 5% 3% 19% 7% 10% 6% 10% 7% 37% 11% 4% 6% 7% 19% 3% 3% 10% 14% 23% 3% 11% 24% 14% 3% 4% 14% 34% 5% 9% 29% 1% 6% 6% 17% 55% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Survey Demographics
  Total
LV's
Gender Male 48%
Female 52%
  Total
LV's
Age 18-39 30%
40-64 47%
65+ 23%
  Total
LV's
Race White 66%
Black 14%
Hispanic 13%
Other 7%
  Total
LV's
Party Democrat 35%
Republican 33%
Other 32%