Two-thirds of U.S. adults say they’ve seen their own news sources report facts meant to favor one side
59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
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59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
Most Americans (71%) have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.
There’s broad concern among Democrats and Republicans about the influence that made-up news could have during the 2020 presidential election.
While 43% of Americans say the new coronavirus most likely came about naturally, nearly three-in-ten say it most likely was created in a lab.
59% of Americans are following news about the 2020 candidates closely, but far fewer are following it very closely at this stage of the race.
We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.
There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.
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