Shaking hands may be the next partisan divide in Washington state

Democrats and Republicans differ on almost everything about the pandemic and its aftermath.

Thirty-nine percent of Democrats had their job impacted versus 21% of Republicans. Seventy-three percent of Republicans never stopped gathering inside with nonfamily members (42%) or have resumed (31%), compared with 42% of Democrats (7% never stopped; 35% have resumed). Thirty-eight percent of Republicans never stopped shopping in malls or department stores, compared with 11% of Democrats. Nineteen percent of Republicans never stopped going to restaurants, compared with just 1% of Democrats. (Fifty-one percent of Democrats have ventured back to restaurants now).

With regard to protocols and precautions, 66% of Democrats had at least one vaccination shot, compared with 42% of Republicans.

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