How Americans Are Engaged With News, Politics, Religion and Civic Life
Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. Instead, they sort into four distinct groups that reflect different patterns of participation in society.
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The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources
Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to both use and trust many major news sources.
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3. How Americans feel about election coverage
Americans are divided on whether it’s easy to find reliable news about the 2024 presidential election. Republicans are more likely to think it’s difficult.
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3. Americans’ views of allies and threats
Which country poses the greatest threat to the U.S.? Roughly four-in-ten Americans (42%) say China poses the greatest threat to the U.S. when asked in an open-ended question. Russia is named by the next-largest share (25%). Smaller shares say no country (4%), the U.S. itself (3%) or Iran (2%) is the greatest threat. One-in-five say […]
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Appendix B: Classification of Protestant denominations
In the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), we group Protestant respondents into one of three “traditions” – the evangelical tradition, mainline tradition or the historically Black Protestant tradition – based on the specific denomination they identify with. For instance, all respondents who identify with the Southern Baptist Convention are classified as members of the evangelical Protestant […]
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Americans expect corporations, the wealthy, White people and other groups to gain influence under Trump
Overwhelming majorities expect transgender people (84%) and gay and lesbian people (76%) to lose influence under Trump.
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3. A profile of news influencers: Gender, politics and more
Almost two-thirds of news influencers are men. And except on TikTok, more influencers explicitly identify with the political right than the left.
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1. False information online as a threat
A 72% median across 25 nations say the spread of false information online is a major threat to their country. Majorities hold this view in 24 of the countries surveyed.
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Public opinion of India is mixed across 36 countries
Public opinion of India ranges widely across 36 countries, with favorable views ranging from 79% in Sri Lanka to 7% in Pakistan.
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Americans’ Views of Technology Companies
Most Americans are wary of social media’s role in politics and its overall impact on the country, and these concerns are ticking up among Democrats. Still, Republicans stand out on several measures, with a majority believing major technology companies are biased toward liberals.