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short readsDec 11, 2020

Biden’s victory another example of how Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones

Looking back at presidential elections since 1828, the winner’s electoral vote share has, on average, been 1.36 times his popular vote share.
reportJul 8, 2021

Pastors Often Discussed Election, Pandemic and Racism in Fall of 2020

Among churches that posted their sermons, homilies or worship services online between Aug. 31 and Nov. 8, 2020, two-thirds posted at least one message from the pulpit mentioning the election. But discussion varied considerably among the four major Christian groups included in this analysis.
short readsJun 2, 2021

Death penalty draws more Americans’ support online than in telephone surveys

The difference in support for the death penalty by survey mode has important consequences for understanding trends on the issue.
reportJun 2, 2021

Methodology

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview 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. Interviews are conducted in […]
reportOct 19, 2020

1. Americans plan to follow election returns closely and most are confident their news sources will make the right call

Americans plan to pay close attention to Election Day 2020 results as they roll in. Roughly half of U.S. adults (48%) say they will follow Election Day results very closely, with another 32% who will do so fairly closely. A mere 6% plan to follow not at all closely. Registered voters supporting each of the […]
short readsJul 9, 2021

Before COVID-19, more Mexicans came to the U.S. than left for Mexico for the first time in years

An estimated 870,000 Mexican migrants came to the U.S. between 2013-18, while an estimated 710,000 left the U.S. for Mexico during that time.
reportDec 8, 2020

Appendix: Additional guidance on using surveys to measure news consumption

As with any research project, we could not test every methodological question we had about measuring news consumption on surveys. For the sake of transparency, and in hopes that it may help other researchers studying this subject, this appendix provides additional details on decision points that we did not opt to test formally using a […]
short readsDec 4, 2020

It’s not just 2020: U.S. presidential elections have long featured close state races

Here’s a look back at some of the closest races of elections past and an assessment of just how common such races are.
reportFeb 22, 2021

2. Republicans who relied on Trump for news in 2020 diverged from others in GOP in views of COVID-19, election

While large partisan gaps emerged in views of two dominant stories of last year – the COVID-19 pandemic and the presidential election – there also was one clear and consistent difference within a single party. As a whole, Republicans who turned to Donald Trump as a key source of news about these events had different […]
short readsMay 5, 2021

Ideological divisions over cultural issues are far wider in the U.S. than in the UK, France and Germany

Across 11 questions on cultural subjects, the gap between the left and right in the U.S. is wider than in the European countries surveyed.

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Search results for: “results”

Biden’s victory another example of how Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones

Pastors Often Discussed Election, Pandemic and Racism in Fall of 2020

Death penalty draws more Americans’ support online than in telephone surveys

Methodology

1. Americans plan to follow election returns closely and most are confident their news sources will make the right call

Before COVID-19, more Mexicans came to the U.S. than left for Mexico for the first time in years

Appendix: Additional guidance on using surveys to measure news consumption

It’s not just 2020: U.S. presidential elections have long featured close state races

2. Republicans who relied on Trump for news in 2020 diverged from others in GOP in views of COVID-19, election

Ideological divisions over cultural issues are far wider in the U.S. than in the UK, France and Germany