At the start of the pandemic, more than 90 percent of Americans polled said it was necessary to shut down international travel.
While the poll shows Biden has overwhelming support for the restrictions, it's not quite as popular as the move Trump took while in office.
In February 2020, Trump restricted travel from China, which he often says was a critical decision he made against the advice of some experts. Although China was the epicenter of the pandemic at the time, the virus had already spread throughout Europe, and experts later determined that European travelers were the catalyst for the massive outbreak seen in New York City.
President Joe Biden's ban on travel from Southern African countries has broad support, but less than the initial travel restrictions former President Donald Trump put in place at the start of the pandemic. Above, Biden speaks during a briefing about the recent tornadoes in the Midwest on Monday.Advising Americans to be"very, very careful," Trump announced a travel ban on several European countries in March 2020.
As travel shut down, businesses closed and children were sent home from school, the Pew Research Center asked 9,000 Americans about the necessity of several preventive measures. Restricting international travel had the most support, with 95 percent of survey participants calling it a necessary step. That included 94 percent of Democrats and 96 percent of Republicans.
A Rasmussen Reports poll taken around the same time yielded similar results. About 80 percent of those surveyed backed Trump's decision to ban travel from China and several European countries. A majority of Democrats and Republicans supported the restrictions, but Republicans, at 91 percent, were more likely to back Trump's strategy, compared with 78 percent of Democrats.
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