The poll shows a sharp divide between parties in how they feel Obama has handled Ebola. Poll: Huge support for quarantine

Americans overwhelmingly support quarantine for travelers arriving from West Africa, a new CBS News poll shows.

Eighty percent of those surveyed believe travelers from West Africa should be quarantined upon arrival to the U.S. until it is certain they don’t have Ebola, including 27 percent who don’t believe they should be allowed to enter the country until the epidemic in West Africa is over.


Only 17 percent of Americans said U.S. citizens should be allowed to enter from West Africa if they aren’t showing symptoms, and 14 percent said the same for foreign visitors.

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The poll also shows a sharp divide between parties in how they feel President Obama has handled the Ebola threat. Seventy-one percent of Democrats say they approve of Obama’s handling while 64 percent of Republicans disapprove, according to CBS.

Republicans were also less likely to say the CDC was doing a good or fair job in fighting Ebola, with 1 in 4 saying the CDC has handled Ebola poorly.

( POLITICO's polling center)

Concern from the American people about a possible U.S. outbreak is evenly divided with 32 percent responding they are very concerned about an outbreak, eight percentage points lower than the results of an Oct. 8 poll. Twenty-nine percent said they are somewhat concerned with an outbreak while 30 percent said they are not very or not at all concerned.

The poll was conducted by telephone Oct. 23 through Oct. 27 among 1,269 adults nationwide. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard landline and cell phones, and interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish.