Public Says Stay-At-Home Order Doesn't Violate Rights

A tiny minority of Americans have violated stay-at-home orders to protest for the reopening of the economy. They claim that the orders violate their constitutional rights.

The American public overwhelmingly disagrees with them. About 65% of all adults and 68% of registered voters say those orders don't violate any rights. Only 21% of adults and 22% of registered voters disagree. That's a net positive in favor of the stay-at-home orders of 44 points for adults and 46 points for registered voters. And all demographic groups agree (including a plurality of Republicans).

The numbers are from the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between April 19th and 21st of a national sample of 1,500 adults (including 1,144 registered voters). The margin of error for adults is 3.1 points, and for registered voters is 3.4 points.

The poll also asked who the respondents trust to hear medical advice from. Those results are in the chart below.