Overview

• The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and de Beaumont Foundation survey ran from March 10 to 31 with 2,509 nationally representative U.S. adults.
• Seventy-nine percent of respondents support mandatory childhood vaccinations for school attendance.
• Majorities across parties back the requirement: 90% of Democrats, 68% of Republicans and 66% of MAGA supporters.
• Among the 21% who oppose mandates, most (79%) say it should be a parental choice while only 40% cite vaccine safety concerns.
• Most supporters cite vaccine effectiveness (90%), family responsibilities to keep schools healthy (87%) and fears of disease resurgence (84%) as their main reasons.