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    Methodology

    The findings in this report are based on the analysis of two main sources of data: 1) a content analysis of the news coverage of the first 60 days of the Biden administration, and 2) a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults conducted between March 8 to March 14, 2021. Below are the details of […]

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    How we choose what to study

    Quarterly Update A message from Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock · Subscribe ↗ How we choose what to study Dear readers, Happy RPP season! This is an exciting time of year for Pew Research Center as we are in the middle of our annual research planning process (RPP for short). This is when our research teams […]

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    Samuel Bestvater

    Samuel Bestvater is the Associate Director of Data Labs at Pew Research Center. Sam helps lead the Center’s data science research, using computational tools and techniques to study the behaviors and life experiences of the public. He’s involved in every step of the research process, from guiding which questions to ask, to deciding how to […]

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    Congress Soars to New Heights on Social Media

    Democratic lawmakers post more content on Twitter, while the median Republican member now averages more audience engagement than the median Democrat across platforms.

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    2. Americans’ views of how well news sources informed them about 2020 election returns vary by party, engagement, media diet, age

    Americans generally give the news media high marks for helping them understand the returns for the presidential election as they came in. But within these generally high marks, several areas of difference emerge. One clear distinction emerges along party lines. Just over half of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic (54%) say the sources they […]