Though not especially productive in passing bills, the 116th Congress set new marks for social media use
Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.
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Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.
The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.
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.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
Roughly half of Americans think social media companies should be regulated more than they are now, our survey found.
There’s broad concern among Democrats and Republicans about the influence that made-up news could have during the 2020 presidential election.
There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.
In the aftermath of presidential debates, there is intense interest in gauging “who won.” How can we know the answer to that question?
Less than one-third of Americans were of age to recall personal memories from the day JFK was shot.
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