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short readsMar 4, 2021

In their own words: What Americans think about China

Americans’ opinions of China have soured in recent years. But what are Americans thinking about when they say they have a negative view of China?
reportJun 29, 2020

2. Americans still follow COVID-19 news, though with less intensity; many say this news is becoming more political

A large majority of Americans (86%) surveyed from June 4-10 say they are following news about the COVID-19 outbreak “very” or “fairly” closely. That portion is close to the share who said the same in March and April, when between 87% and 92% were following the outbreak very or fairly closely. But the June survey, […]
reportFeb 22, 2021

1. About a quarter of Republicans, Democrats consistently turned only to news outlets whose audiences aligned with them politically in 2020

At the outset of the election year, a Pew Research Center study found Democrats and Republicans increasingly relied on two divergent media ecosystems. During the course of the presidential campaign, the Americans News Pathways project reexamined these news habits multiple times, with a particular focus on partisans who got more news from outlets with audiences […]
short readsJan 12, 2021

Black voters were most likely to say November election was run very well

Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.
short readsJul 8, 2020

Most Americans say despite ongoing research, ways to limit spread of COVID-19 are well understood

70% of Americans say the core strategies for containing COVID-19 are well understood, even though studies have yielded conflicting advice.
reportJun 29, 2020

Three Months In, Many Americans See Exaggeration, Conspiracy Theories and Partisanship in COVID-19 News

After three months of news and information, 64% of U.S. adults say the CDC mostly gets the facts about the outbreak right; 30% say the same about President Trump and his administration.
short readsJun 11, 2020

Unemployment rose higher in three months of COVID-19 than it did in two years of the Great Recession

The experiences of several groups of workers in the COVID-19 outbreak vary notably from how they experienced the Great Recession.
short readsOct 13, 2020

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.
short readsJun 9, 2020

Hispanic women, immigrants, young adults, those with less education hit hardest by COVID-19 job losses

The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
reportJun 30, 2020

Appendix

Categorization of battleground states in this report To identify battleground states for the November presidential election, researchers consulted several experts’ forecasts (including Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the Cook Political Report, Inside Elections and Nate Cohn’s New York Times ratings) to come up with a categorization of each state as either likely to back the Democrat […]

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In their own words: What Americans think about China

2. Americans still follow COVID-19 news, though with less intensity; many say this news is becoming more political

1. About a quarter of Republicans, Democrats consistently turned only to news outlets whose audiences aligned with them politically in 2020

Black voters were most likely to say November election was run very well

Most Americans say despite ongoing research, ways to limit spread of COVID-19 are well understood

Three Months In, Many Americans See Exaggeration, Conspiracy Theories and Partisanship in COVID-19 News

Mail-in voting became much more common in 2020 primaries as COVID-19 spread

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