Survey Report

Summary and analysis of Pew Research Center poll data

The 2018 midterm elections will be determined in large part by who goes to the polls and who stays home.

People deal in varying ways with tensions about what information to trust and how much they want to learn. Some are interested and engaged with information; others are wary and stressed.

Today, 67% of U.S. adults get at least some news on social media. Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat serve as sources of news for more of their users, though Facebook still leads as a source of news for Americans.

Both political parties’ favorability ratings are more negative than positive and fewer than half say either party has high ethical standards.

Despite broad concerns about cyberattacks, outages and privacy violations, most experts believe the Internet of Things will continue to expand successfully the next few years.

Views of the security alliance have grown more positive in North America and Europe, but there are sharp political and partisan differences.

Over a 15-month period encompassing the 2016 presidential campaign, about 10% of Republicans and Democrats “defected” from their parties to the opposing party.

Nearly two-thirds of those age 65 and older go online and a record share now own smartphones – although many seniors remain relatively divorced from digital life.

Americans lean toward regulations – not economic markets alone – as the most effective way to increase reliance on renewable energy, but they are evenly split on whether fewer regulations can protect air and water.

Changes in the dynamics of power in Washington have registered with members of both political parties.