A majority of Americans continue to favor replacing Electoral College with a nationwide popular vote
40% of U.S. adults prefer to keep the current system in which the candidate who receives the most Electoral College vote wins the election.
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Many U.S. news organizations are covering the coronavirus pandemic while themselves facing financial pressure from the outbreak.
Responses to cable news coverage and the pandemic vary notably among Americans who identify Fox News, MSNBC or CNN as their main source of political news.
More than half of these social media news consumers say they have encountered made-up news about COVID-19.
About half say they have seen at least some made-up news about the virus; 29% think it was created in a lab.
A 46% plurality of U.S. adults say the president did something wrong regarding Ukraine and it was enough to justify his removal from office.
White evangelicals largely see Trump as fighting for their beliefs and advancing their interests, and they feel their side generally has been winning recently on political matters important to them.
There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.
There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.
Fast facts on the challenges Americans see for female political candidates as Warren exits 2020 race
In 2018, 59% of U.S. adults said there were too few women in high political offices, including 69% of women and 48% of men who said this.
Just 15% of Americans say they like the way that Donald Trump conducts himself as president, and 80% of the public describes Trump as “self-centered.”
