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    3. Satisfaction with democracy

    Discontent with the way democracy is working is common in many nations around the world. Across 34 countries surveyed, a median of 52% are dissatisfied with the way their democracy is functioning, compared with 44% who are satisfied. However, views vary across and within regions. For example, roughly two-thirds or more are satisfied with the […]

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    Appendix A: Survey methodology

    This report included six online platforms used for public polling. Three are opt-in survey panels or “marketplaces.” One is an opt-in crowdsourcing labor website. Two are survey panels that interview online but recruit offline, one of which is Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel. For both panels recruited offline, most panelists were recruited using address-based […]

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    3. Imperfect metrics of whether respondents live in the U.S.

    Some respondents simply answer that they live outside the U.S. One way to measure how many people taking a poll do not actually live in America is simply to ask. A question in the study did just that, asking respondents whether they currently live “outside the U.S.” or “inside the U.S.”  While informative, such a […]

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel survey methodology The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. The panel is being managed […]

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel survey methodology The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. The panel is being managed […]

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    6. Cases tripping flags for bogus data disproportionately say they are Hispanic

    Cases flagged for suspicious survey behavior have a very different demographic profile than nonsuspicious cases, based on respondents’ self-reported characteristics. In particular, respondents flagged for certain suspicious behaviors were quite likely to say they are Hispanic. The baseline rate of respondents in the study self-reporting as Hispanic is 10% (the actual population rate[24. numoffset=”24″ Figure […]

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted March 24-29, 2020, among a national sample of 1,013 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in the United States (305 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 708 were interviewed on a cellphone, including 461 who had no landline telephone). The […]

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