How Americans Navigated the News in 2020: A Tumultuous Year in Review
Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.
Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election.
59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
About eight-in-ten Latino registered voters and U.S. voters overall rate the economy as very important to their vote.
Hispanic registered voters in the U.S. express growing confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to handle key issues like the coronavirus outbreak.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.
In total, 20% of all Democrats get political news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences, while 18% of all Republicans do so only from outlets with right-leaning audiences.
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