Poll: Republicans Twice as Likely as Democrats to View Media Coverage of Coronavirus as Exaggerated

Passengers are disembarked from the Grand Princess cruise ship at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California on March 10, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Republicans are twice as likely as Democrats to view news coverage of the coronavirus outbreak as exaggerated, according to a new survey.

Sixty-two percent of Republicans or those that lean Republican said that the coverage is generally exaggerated, compared to 31 percent of Democrats or those that lean Democrat, according to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.