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    3. Would electing more officials from different backgrounds improve policy?

    Many people generally believe that policies in their country would improve if the types of people in politics changed. Having more women, young adults or people from poor backgrounds in office are seen as beneficial, especially by people on the political left. Fewer expect positive change to come from having more businesspeople, labor union members […]

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    5. Electoral reform and direct democracy

    Free and fair elections are a critical element of a healthy democratic system. And in many of the 24 countries surveyed, reforming how elections and the electoral system work is a key priority. People want both large-scale, systemic changes – such as switching from first-past-the-post to proportional representation – as well as smaller-scale issues like […]

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 156 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2024. A total of 5,110 panelists responded out of 5,689 who were sampled, […]

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    8. News influencers on TikTok

    News influencers on TikTok stand out from other sites for having a smaller gender gap and being more balanced in political leanings.

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    6. News influencers on Facebook

    Far more of the site’s news influencers explicitly identify with the political right than left, and two-thirds are men.

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    7. News influencers on Instagram

    News influencers on Instagram were less likely than those on other sites to post about politics during summer 2024.

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 156 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2024. A total of 5,110 panelists responded out of 5,689 who were sampled, […]

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