新數據：超過2/3美國人認爲特朗普抗疫太慢

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Donald Trump acted too slowly in responding to the coronavirus in the United States, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, reflecting a disconnect between how the public and the president views his performance.

無黨派的皮尤研究中心新發表的報告稱，近三分之二的美國人認爲唐納德·特朗普總統在美國抗疫太慢，這表明公衆對總統表現的看法和他本人的看法並不一致。

The study — which featured 4,917 US adults, and was taken from April 7 to 12 — did find a partisan split in attitudes on the president’s early response. Republicans overall were more likely to agree with the president’s claim that he acted “way too early” in responding to the threat posed by the virus, with 66 percent saying they feel Trump reacted quickly. Among Republicans who described themselves as moderate or liberal, however, a slight majority — 53 percent — said Trump acted too slowly.

這項研究在4月7日至12日之間詢問了4,917個美國成年人，發現各黨派對總統早期抗疫措施的看法不一。總的來說，共和黨人更有可能會同意總統說自己“很早”就開始應對病毒威脅的說法，有66%的人感覺特朗普反應迅速。但在自認爲不偏激或者自由的共和黨人中，說特朗普反應過慢的人稍多一點，佔53%。

Similarly, Republicans living in counties with high death tolls were also less aligned with the president’s view of his response — 43 percent of those living where there have been a high number of deaths said Trump should have done more, sooner.

同樣地，生活在死亡率很高的縣城裏的共和黨人也不太同意總統對自己反應的看法，居住在死亡率高的地區的人中有43%說特朗普本該更早地採取更多的行動。

Democrats everywhere, and of all ideologies, found fault with Trump’s early response, with 92 percent of Democrats overall saying the president should have acted faster.

各地的民主黨人都認爲特朗普的早期反應有問題。總的來說，92%的民主黨人說總統本該更迅速地做出反應。

When asked about how they see the president now, the poll found that 39 percent of the public thinks Trump is telling the truth about the pandemic, 52 percent believe he’s pretending the situation is better than it is, and 8 percent feel he’s overexaggerating the seriousness of the situation. And the researchers found, as others have this week, that most Americans (in this case, 66 percent) are concerned that state governments will lift social distancing restrictions too quickly — even as conservative groups protest stay-at-home orders across the country.

詢問目前對總統的看法時，民調結果顯示39%的公民認爲特朗普通報的是疫情的實情，52%的人認爲他謊報疫情，8%的人感覺他誇大其詞。研究人員發現了一件事，其他人本週也發現了，那就是大多數美國人（66%）擔心在目前保守派在全國抗議居家隔離的情況下，美國政府仍會迅速開始居家隔離的限制措施。