ADVERTISEMENTSome 84% of respondents, including 92% of Democrats and 81% of Republicans, said vaccines for diseases like measles, mumps and rubella are safe for children. Public health experts have said weakening school vaccine mandates would result in more children being sickened by preventable diseases. SKEPTICISM OF MANDATESThe poll showed division among Republicans on vaccine mandates and the number of shots given to children. Two-thirds of self-identified Republicans said they backed vaccine mandates in schools, while nine in 10 Democrats backed mandates. MAHA groups are working in as many as a dozen states this year to bar school vaccine mandates, buoyed by Kennedy's overhaul of federal vaccine policy.

Source: The Telegraph February 25, 2026 13:42 UTC