Charting Congress on Social Media in the 2016 and 2020 Elections
The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.
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The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.
Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. launched a major invasion of Iraq. President George W. Bush and his administration at first drew broad public support for the use of military force. Yet the campaign soon left Americans deeply divided, and by 2019, 62% said the Iraq War was not worth fighting.
Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.
Donald Trump’s four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.
Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
Biden and Trump supporters tell us in their own words about America’s political divisions
A large majority of Americans say additional COVID-19 aid is needed – and want Congress to pass it as soon as possible.
59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
If one takeaway from the election is historic voter participation, another may be the political polarization that has come to define the U.S.
53% of U.S. adults who voted in the general election say they engaged in at least 1 of 6 political activities over the past six months.
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