COVID-19 and the Culture of American Federalism

Democrats’ Trust in Information from State Governments Based in Gubernatorial Party and Policy

Source: Authors’ calculations.

Notes: Predictions based on an OLS regression (full model available in appendix). Trust in state government measured on a 4-point scale, zero indicating no trust and three indicating a great deal of trust. Participants who identified as independents who lean toward a party were categorized as partisans.

Liberals Trust Information from State Governments More Under Democratic Governors

Source: Authors’ calculations.

Notes: Predictions based on an OLS regression (full model in appendix A). Trust in state government is measured on a 4-point scale, 0 indicating no trust and 3 indicating a great deal of trust.

Relative Change in Trust in Information from the State Government Across Key Variables

Source: Authors’ calculations.

Note: Points represent coefficients from an OLS regression (full model available in appendix A), with 95 percent confidence intervals. Variables in bold have a statistically significant effect on trust in state government to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trust in Information from the State Government, by Partisanship and Governor’s Partisan Identification

Source: Authors’ calculations based on data from Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index, waves 17 and 29.

Notes: Predictions based on an OLS regression (full model in table C.3). Trust in state government is measured on a 4-point scale, 0 indicating no trust and 3 indicating a great deal of trust.