Two-thirds of U.S. adults say they’ve seen their own news sources report facts meant to favor one side
59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
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59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.
Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election.
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.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
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.
There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to have stopped discussing political and election news with someone: 50% vs. 41%, respectively.
Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.
Republicans are about four times as likely as Democrats to say voter fraud has been a major issue with mail-in ballots.
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