More than half of Americans are following election news closely, and many are already worn out
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
Similar shares of U.S. adults believe news organizations are giving too much attention (32%) or too little attention (29%) to Biden’s age.
One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.
The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.
Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.
In studying voters’ views of election fraud, we found these views varied by whether people got their news from the Trump campaign.
59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
73% of Americans express little or no confidence in tech companies to prevent the misuse of their platforms to influence the 2020 election.
Biden supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to be confident their news sources will make the right call in announcing a winner. And partisans remain worlds apart on how well the U.S. has controlled the coronavirus outbreak.
Republicans are about four times as likely as Democrats to say voter fraud has been a major issue with mail-in ballots.
1615 L St. NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
USA
(+1) 202-419-4300 | Main
(+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax
(+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries
ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
© 2024 Pew Research Center