70% of U.S. social media users never or rarely post or share about political, social issues
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
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Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
Biden supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to be confident their news sources will make the right call in announcing a winner. And partisans remain worlds apart on how well the U.S. has controlled the coronavirus outbreak.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
Republicans are about four times as likely as Democrats to say voter fraud has been a major issue with mail-in ballots.
During the first 60 days of the new administration, roughly half of stories about the Biden administration mentioned Donald Trump in some way.
U.S. adults in this group are less likely to get the facts right about COVID-19 and politics and more likely to hear some unproven claims.
Democrats are about 10 percentage points or more likely than Republicans to say they ever use Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Reddit.
Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.
With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
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