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Blacks, Democrats, urban Americans feel most unready to move on from COVID-19, poll shows

A new poll finds that Blacks, Democrats and urban Americans are the likeliest to feel unready to move on from COVID-19 and to believe that most people around them already have done so.

The Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index reported Tuesday that 35% of U.S. adults “feel left behind by their peers” as everyone except them moves forward with life.

That includes 48% of self-identified Democrats, compared to 23% of Republicans and 33% of independents; 51% of Blacks, compared to 43% of Hispanics and 29% of Whites; and more urban than non-urban residents.

“Black, Democratic and urban respondents are the most likely to express this dichotomy,” Margaret Talev, Axios managing editor, wrote in a report on the findings.