North Nevada News

In a new poll conducted by the conservative-leaning Trafalgar Group in partnership with Convention of States Action found that an overwhelming percentage of Americans consider getting the COVID-19 vaccine to be a personal choice. 

Drawing from a pool of 1,077 potential voters between July 12-13, the poll found that most Americans, regardless of political alignment, believe that the vaccine is a personal decision and should not be government-mandated. The poll noted that 71.4% said the vaccine should be a choice, while only 21.8% supported a vaccination requirement. 

“These numbers reveal that hundreds of millions of social media messages, a constant stream of propaganda from the press, paid TV and radio ad campaigns coast-to-coast, daily hammering from Biden administration officials, and cajoling from influencers and celebrities on every possible communication platform are having one profound effect on the public. It’s all backfiring,” said Mark Meckler, president of Convention of States Action, said in response to the poll results. 

Of the survey participants, 87.3% of Republicans, 67.2% of independents and 58.7% of Democrats responded that the vaccine should be a choice. While results varied with partisan affiliation, the vast majority still agreed on personal choice. 

“Americans have never taken kindly to being told what to do, and they are not going to start now," Meckler said. "After being told ‘my body, my choice’ for nearly five decades by the same crowd now hypocritically pushing mandates, is it any wonder the public isn’t on board?” 

The possibility of vaccination mandates continues to loom, as President Joe Biden weighs out the chance of a mandate for federal civilian workers. 

“That’s under consideration right now,” Biden said in a news conference regarding new mask guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control. 

As of July 27, 44.3% of Nevada's population is fully vaccinated, amounting to approximately 1.3 million residents, according to Our World in Data. 

The Trafalgar Group is a public polling and market research firm called "most accurate pollster of the cycle among those firms that polled multiple Senate and governor races" by Real Clear Politics, according to the Trafalgar Group's website. The firm, however, wrongly predicted former President Donald Trump would win the 2020 presidential election.

The Conventions of States Action is a grassroots political organization with 5 million supporters across the country, according the group's website. Focusing on calling an Article V convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the organization strictly promotes amendments that impose restrictions and limitations on the size and reach of the federal government.