KEY TAKEAWAYS

A supermajority of Americans support mandatory vaccines for public school attendance.

The American Family Survey shows 68.1% view vaccines as a public health issue.

Democrats (86.4%) and Republicans (53.6%) differ on mandatory vaccination support.

SALT LAKE CITY — A supermajority of Americans — including both Republicans and Democrats — believe vaccinating children is a public health issue, "so vaccines should be required for children to attend public schools."

That's the finding of the new American Family Survey, a collaboration between Brigham Young University's Wheatley Institute, Deseret News and BYU's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. Because vaccines are a big topic right now, the finding is being released ahead of the full release of the survey in N

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