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Republicans Have Become Much Less Likely to Avoid Small Gatherings

Between mid- and late-March, U.S. adults of all political stripes became more likely to say they had avoided small gatherings. But over the course of April, avoidance of small gatherings decreased among Republicans and independents.

Compared with their peaks in late-March, the 74% of independents and 60% of Republicans avoiding small gatherings are both down by double digits. The drop is particularly steep among Republicans whose 16- percentage-point decline in avoiding small gatherings nearly brings them back to the level they reported in Gallup's first measure, in mid-March.

Democrats have always been the most likely to avoid small gatherings while Republicans have been the least likely, but the 26-point gap between them is the widest yet. Independents have consistently fallen somewhere in between.