Mail-in voting became much more common in 2020 primaries as COVID-19 spread
Mail-in ballots accounted for just over half of this year’s primary votes cast in the 37 states (plus D.C.) for which data is available.
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Why are COVID-19 cases rising in U.S.? Republicans point to more testing, Democrats to more infections
Most Republicans say the primary reason for the rise in confirmed coronavirus cases is that more people are being tested.
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Biden Viewed Positively on Many Issues, but Public Is Less Confident He Can Unify Country
A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump.
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About this canvassing of experts
This report is the first of two to come in 2021 that will share results from the 12th “Future of the Internet” canvassing by the Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. Experts were asked to respond to several questions via a web-based instrument that was open to them from June 30-July […]
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3. Many in Europe were confident in Merkel and Macron over the summer; Johnson received mixed ratings
The survey asked about confidence in two leaders of EU member countries and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to do the right thing regarding world affairs. Of these leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron received generally positive ratings: A median of 80% across eight EU member states had confidence in Merkel, […]
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Before Trump Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Republicans’ Attention to Pandemic Had Sharply Declined
About two-thirds of Republicans say the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have; 88% of Democrats disagree.
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How people around the world see the World Health Organization’s initial coronavirus response
Here is a look at how people in 14 advanced economies viewed the organization, based on surveys conducted in June through August.
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How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency
Donald Trump’s four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.
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2. Expert essays on human agency and digital life
Most respondents to this canvassing wrote brief reactions to this research question. However, a number of them wrote multilayered responses in a longer essay format. This essay section of the report is quite lengthy, so first we offer a sampler of a some of these essayists’ comments. What follows is the full set of essays […]
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Americans are divided on whether colleges that brought students back to campus made the right decision
Half of U.S. adults say colleges and universities that brought students back to campus made the right decision, while 48% say they did not.