Poll: Deep, bipartisan resistance to severe vaccine mandate punishments

By the numbers: 51% of respondents said they support the idea of making it illegal for companies to deny service or employment based on vaccination status — and half of those said they “strongly” support making it illegal.

Unlike many COVID policies, this issue doesn’t create big partisan divisions: 55% of Republicans, 51% of independents and 46% of Democrats said they’d support making denial of service or employment illegal.

Education — not race, gender or party — was the biggest dividing line on this question: 58% of those with high school degrees or less agreed, compared with 44% of those with bachelor’s degrees or higher.

But, but, but: 54% of respondents said they support employers requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s true for 30% of Republicans, 53% of independents and 78% of Democrats.