Plus, differences in how Democrats and Republicans behave on Twitter
October 17, 2020 The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗
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 A large majority of registered voters say it is important for Americans to know who won the presidential election within a day or two of Election Day. But just half say they are very or somewhat confident that this will happen, including nearly identical shares who support Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Trump and Biden supporters have deep disagreements over several other aspects of the election and voting process, including whether mail-in and absentee ballots will be counted as voters intended.  Democrats and Republicans have notable differences in how they use Twitter, from how often they tweet to the accounts they follow or mention in their own posts. Most U.S. adults on Twitter post rarely, but a small share of highly active users – most of whom are Democrats – produce the vast majority of tweets. In both parties, Twitter users tend to be younger and have higher levels of educational attainment than those who do not use the platform.  President Donald Trump continues to be White Christians’ preferred candidate, but support among voters in three major traditions – White Catholics, White Protestants who are not evangelical and even White evangelical Protestants – has slipped since August. Joe Biden is leading among every other religious group analyzed, including Black Protestants, Hispanic Catholics, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated. As Election Day nears, U.S. Hispanic registered voters express growing confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to handle key issues like the coronavirus outbreak, with women and college graduates especially confident. By contrast, Hispanics’ views of Donald Trump on major issues are largely negative and mostly unchanged from June. Republicans who turn to Donald Trump for coronavirus news are more likely than other Republicans to say the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have, that the pandemic has been overblown and that Trump is getting the facts about the outbreak right. Roughly a quarter of U.S. adult social media users say they have changed their views about a political or social issue because of something they saw on social media in the past year, up from 15% who said this in 2018. Asked to elaborate on what they changed their views about, these adults often mention the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality, as well as political parties, ideologies and political figures. From our research92% The share of U.S. adults who say it is very important that people who are legally qualified and want to vote are able to cast a ballot. | |
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