A growing share of voters say it’s important to them to hear from the Trump and Biden campaigns
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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A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
Most Americans (71%) have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.
Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.
A third of U.S. adults say they changed their Thanksgiving plans “a great deal,” while roughly a quarter changed their plans “some.”
Americans turn to a wide range of media outlets for political and election news, but Fox News and CNN stand out as especially common sources.
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
Some 61% of U.S. adults say they follow COVID-19 news at both the national and local level equally, and 23% say they pay more attention to local news.
Despite the spread of the conspiracy theories, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have heard or read nothing at all about them.
About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues.
While U.S. Democrats turn to a variety of outlets for political news, no source comes close to matching the appeal of Fox News for Republicans.
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