Poll: Americans support closing the economy again to combat COVID-19

To more than a fifth of Americans (21%), jobs and the economy rank as their most important issue—second overall only to healthcare (26% of US adults say this is their top issue). But even among the 21 percent who consider jobs and the economy as their top issue, more support (56%) than oppose (38%) states closing businesses and sectors that have recently reopened over COVID-19 concerns. As a nation overall, 59 percent support shuttering businesses that just reopened but are at risk for spreading coronavirus, according to an Economist/YouGov survey conducted July 19-21, 2020.