Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Responding to COVID-19 in Such Different Ways

In May, a CNBC/Change Research survey found that while only 39 percent of Republicans said they had serious concerns about COVID-19, 97 percent of Democrats said they had serious concerns.

While some of the divergence could stem from the fact that blue states have been hit harder by the virus than red states, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's research suggests there's another reason Democrats are more concerned than Republicans.