Q&A: After misses in 2016 and 2020, does polling need to be fixed again? What our survey experts say
Polling organizations have taken close looks at how election surveys are designed, administered and analyzed. We are no exception.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Polling organizations have taken close looks at how election surveys are designed, administered and analyzed. We are no exception.
Given the errors in 2016 and 2020 election polling, how much should we trust polls that attempt to measure opinions on issues?
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.
Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
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
Americans in 2022 find themselves in an environment that is at once greatly improved and frustratingly familiar.
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.
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