Election 2020

Key things to know about election polling in the United States

The real environment in which polls are conducted bears little resemblance to the idealized settings presented in textbooks.

Voters Rarely Switch Parties, but Recent Shifts Further Educational, Racial Divergence

Neither party nets an overall advantage from the 9% of voters who have switched since 2018.

A growing share of voters say it’s important to them to hear from the Trump and Biden campaigns

A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.

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Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable

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.

As COVID-19 cases increase, most Americans support ‘no excuse’ absentee voting

65% of Americans say the option to vote early or absentee should be available to any voter without requiring a documented reason.

White evangelical approval of Trump slips, but eight-in-ten say they would vote for him

Trump’s approval rating has dropped among a range of religious groups, including white evangelicals – though they remain strongly supportive.

Public’s Mood Turns Grim; Trump Trails Biden on Most Personal Traits, Major Issues

With less than five months until the 2020 elections, Americans are deeply unhappy with the state of the nation.

As states move to expand the practice, relatively few Americans have voted by mail

The share of Americans voting by mail has risen in recent presidential election cycles, but there is variation from one state to another.

In Changing U.S. Electorate, Race and Education Remain Stark Dividing Lines

The gender gap in party identification remains the widest in a quarter century.

Americans are following news about presidential candidates much less closely than COVID-19 news

With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.

SXSW 2020 Online Session: Misinformation and the 2020 U.S. Election

Amy Mitchell (Pew Research Center), Philip Howard (University of Oxford), Jane Lytvynenko (Buzzfeed News) and Lori Robertson (Factcheck.org) discuss misinformation during the coronavirus outbreak, and ahead of the 2020 presidential election, as part of SXSW 2020's virtual sessions.

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the U.S. electorate

More than 11 million Asian Americans will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the eligible voters in the United States.

Two-Thirds of Americans Expect Presidential Election Will Be Disrupted by COVID-19

Overall, 70% of U.S. adults favor allowing any voter to vote by mail if they want to.

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