Unpersuaded by more than 100,000 pandemic deaths in the United States, 45% of strong conservatives, four in 10 Republicans and nearly as many evangelical Christians say they’d be unlikely to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, even for free.

Among them, half say they don’t trust vaccines in general, while nearly a quarter don’t think it’s needed in this case.

A plurality definitely would get vaccinated (43%) and 28% say they probably would.

And among those who report that their lives have been disrupted by the pandemic, three-quarters say they’d get vaccinated.

Among those who are very worried that they or a family member will catch the virus, 85% say they definitely or probably would get vaccinated, as do 84% of those worried about a second wave of infections in the fall.

That plummets among others; among those who are “not at all worried” about a second wave, for instance, just 35% say they’d get vaccinated.

Among those who say it’s more important to try to stop the spread of the virus, 81% say they’re likely to get vaccinated, compared with 56% of those who say it’s more important to try to restart the economy.

As mentioned, half of those who definitely or probably wouldn’t get vaccinated say they don’t trust vaccines in general; 23% don’t think it’s necessary in this case

Women who are disinclined to be vaccinated are more likely to say it’s because they don’t trust vaccines in general – 58% say so, compared with 42% of men who say they’re unlikely to get vaccinated

These men, instead, are twice as likely as women in this group to say they think it’s unnecessary in this particular case

While sample sizes limit this analysis, one other difference emerges: People living in the South who are unlikely to get vaccinated are slightly more apt than those in other regions to say they don’t trust vaccines overall, 57 vs