Pollster dives into VPR-Vermont PBS poll & what it says about Vermonters' attitudes on politicians, pandemic policies

By Connor Cyrus,

Published January 14, 2022 at 5:00 AM EST

A slide from the Jan. 2022 VPR-Vermont PBS poll with a pie chart showing 58% of surveyed Vermonters support a statewide mandate for masking in public, while 36% oppose and 5% are unsure or have no opinion. — More than half of surveyed Vermonters support a statewide mask mandate nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. This hour, Vermont Edition delves into the data of the Jan. 2022 VPR-Vermont PBS poll.

Live call-in discussion: VPR and Vermont PBS have released phase one of a statewide poll, asking everyday Vermonters questions about political leaders, COVID-19 mitigation strategies and more. This hour, we talk with the pollster who directed the poll and delve into the data to understand what the results say about Vermonters' attitudes as we near the end of the pandemic's second year.

Our guests are:

Rich Clark, a professor of political science at Castleton University and director of the January 2022 VPR-Vermont PBS poll, conducted by Braun Research.

Broadcast live on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 at noon.

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