COVID-19 Vaccine Data Issues Are Serious Scandal, Most Believe - Demographics
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| National Survey of 1,107 U.S. Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted August 5-6 and 9, 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? | How safe and effective were COVID-19 vaccines? | How serious is this scandal at the FDA? | 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 | Very safe and effective | Somewhat safe and effective | Not very safe and effective | Not at all safe and effective | 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 | ||
| How safe and effective were COVID-19 vaccines? | Very safe and effective | 34% | 33% | 35% | 25% | 28% | 31% | 39% | 40% | 39% | 26% | 22% | 31% | 51% | 18% | 32% | 14% | 38% | 66% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 32% | 35% | 47% | 30% | 33% | 27% | 25% | 39% | 47% | 13% | 38% | 31% | 34% | 37% | 31% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 58% | 33% | 13% | 48% | 16% | 59% | 11% | 35% | 30% | 25% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 21% | 23% | 54% | 81% | 59% | 46% | 16% | 24% | 18% | 80% | 56% |
| Somewhat safe and effective | 23% | 25% | 21% | 38% | 23% | 29% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 29% | 34% | 14% | 25% | 25% | 20% | 26% | 19% | 22% | 32% | 26% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 26% | 18% | 22% | 32% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 23% | 19% | 26% | 29% | 16% | 27% | 14% | 30% | 37% | 24% | 8% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 23% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 43% | 26% | 6% | 18% | 25% | 40% | 29% | 19% | 15% | 18% | |
| Not very safe and effective | 19% | 21% | 18% | 17% | 23% | 18% | 18% | 22% | 19% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 11% | 22% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 5% | 24% | 16% | 20% | 23% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 20% | 15% | 3% | 23% | 21% | 17% | 23% | 14% | 28% | 32% | 25% | 9% | 16% | 30% | 13% | 24% | 9% | 29% | 37% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 20% | 15% | 1% | 11% | 13% | 26% | 25% | 27% | 2% | 6% | |
| Not at all safe and effective | 17% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 20% | 15% | 21% | 15% | 18% | 10% | 17% | 22% | 8% | 28% | 16% | 27% | 14% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 12% | 19% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 38% | 18% | 16% | 5% | 5% | 31% | 9% | 18% | 4% | 31% | 4% | 24% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 29% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 12% | 15% | 19% | 28% | 1% | 4% | |
| Not sure | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 16% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 19% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 41% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 3% | 37% | 4% | 5% | 17% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 16% | |
| 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? | How safe and effective were COVID-19 vaccines? | How serious is this scandal at the FDA? | 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 | Very safe and effective | Somewhat safe and effective | Not very safe and effective | Not at all safe and effective | 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 | ||
| U.S. Senate investigators say evidence shows that senior officials at the federal Food and Drug Administration, known as the FDA, were aware of high numbers of severe side effects from COVID-19 vaccines, and hid this data from the public. How serious is this scandal at the FDA? | Very serious | 50% | 50% | 49% | 49% | 47% | 44% | 51% | 54% | 49% | 47% | 55% | 47% | 39% | 67% | 44% | 67% | 41% | 31% | 37% | 53% | 49% | 52% | 55% | 26% | 34% | 54% | 52% | 51% | 51% | 42% | 41% | 48% | 50% | 49% | 54% | 44% | 85% | 57% | 42% | 28% | 33% | 74% | 36% | 46% | 29% | 72% | 30% | 31% | 18% | 30% | 40% | 64% | 83% | 53% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 42% | 53% | 70% | 7% | 18% |
| Somewhat serious | 21% | 21% | 21% | 36% | 29% | 23% | 14% | 13% | 18% | 28% | 28% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 22% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 20% | 23% | 20% | 31% | 18% | 29% | 23% | 24% | 19% | 16% | 9% | 26% | 31% | 20% | 17% | 19% | 9% | 32% | 31% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 25% | 22% | 18% | 31% | 37% | 0% | 14% | 38% | 22% | 11% | 19% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 42% | 30% | 15% | 9% | 11% | |
| Not very serious | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 13% | 7% | 15% | 7% | 15% | 16% | 7% | 10% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 3% | 7% | 18% | 17% | 21% | 4% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 6% | 20% | 13% | 19% | 18% | 13% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 32% | 6% | |
| Not at all serious | 10% | 10% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 11% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 3% | 10% | 14% | 4% | 12% | 1% | 11% | 23% | 16% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 22% | 11% | 0% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 16% | 25% | 6% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 19% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 6% | 18% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 63% | 24% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 41% | 19% | |
| Not sure | 8% | 8% | 8% | 1% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 16% | 13% | 2% | 9% | 2% | 11% | 15% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 25% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 9% | 14% | 16% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 12% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 15% | 26% | 3% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 3% | 11% | 3% | 0% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 46% | |
| 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? | How safe and effective were COVID-19 vaccines? | How serious is this scandal at the FDA? | 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 | Very safe and effective | Somewhat safe and effective | Not very safe and effective | Not at all safe and effective | 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 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? | They should be removed from their jobs | 21% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 18% | 2% | 23% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 12% | 22% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 20% | 12% | 26% | 25% | 17% | 24% | 19% | 4% | 27% | 23% | 25% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 22% | 26% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 18% | 0% | 28% | 23% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 21% | 25% | 23% | 19% | 12% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| They should have their medical licenses revoked | 11% | 12% | 11% | 29% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 14% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 3% | 10% | 10% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 3% | 13% | 15% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 3% | 13% | 17% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 21% | 17% | 9% | 0% | 14% | 9% | 16% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 23% | 0% | 5% | 20% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 23% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| They should be criminally prosecuted | 11% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 14% | 17% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 14% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 15% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 6% | 7% | 0% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 16% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 0% | 7% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 11% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| All of the above | 37% | 37% | 37% | 27% | 36% | 30% | 42% | 42% | 38% | 30% | 33% | 51% | 28% | 47% | 37% | 47% | 35% | 22% | 43% | 34% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 30% | 52% | 31% | 36% | 42% | 37% | 34% | 24% | 35% | 32% | 36% | 42% | 37% | 62% | 34% | 41% | 23% | 33% | 48% | 31% | 38% | 24% | 51% | 30% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 31% | 53% | 61% | 44% | 53% | 27% | 22% | 16% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| They should not be punished at all | 10% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 3% | 9% | 13% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 3% | 13% | 16% | 6% | 9% | 3% | 11% | 22% | 6% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 17% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 10% | 11% | 17% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 14% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 20% | 12% | 2% | 16% | 3% | 19% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 24% | 24% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 29% | 43% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 9% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 12% | 12% | 3% | 12% | 3% | 11% | 15% | 26% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 17% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 59% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 15% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 15% | 26% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 14% | 3% | 15% | 14% | 52% | 15% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 25% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 17% | 51% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| Gender | Male | 47% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 53% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 18-39 | 30% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 47% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 23% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Race | White | 66% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 14% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Democrat | 35% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
