Poll: Vaccine acceptance is rising in America

The Yahoo News/YouGov surveys tracked the question, “do you plan to get vaccinated for COVID–19,” throughout the latter half of 2020. In early May, 55% of adults said they planned to get vaccinated. A few days later, the Trump administration rolled out its “Operation Warp Speed” vaccination plan, and Trump began speculating that a vaccine might be available before the election. During this period, the number of Americans who said they planned to get vaccinated fell steadily to a low of 32% in early September…

In mid-September, YouGov began conducting pre-election interviews screened for registered voters, so our trends for the rest of the campaign reflect that population only. Between mid-September to mid-October, intent to vaccinate among voters varied between 36% and 40%, then trended upward to 42% and 45%, perhaps reflecting news in mid-October that pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna planned to apply for emergency use authorization for their vaccines by late November.