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February 22, 2020 The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗
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 A majority of U.S. adults incorrectly believe a citizenship question is on the 2020 census questionnaire, and only about one-in-five know they will have the option of answering online. There is somewhat less enthusiasm to participate among some groups the Census Bureau has found difficult to count in the past, including black and Hispanic adults and younger people.
 About half of the tech experts we canvassed predict that human use of technology will weaken democracy between now and 2030 due to the speed and scope of reality distortion, the decline of journalism and personal data collection. A third expect technology to strengthen democracy as reformers find ways to fight back against info-warriors and chaos.
 Online polls conducted with widely used opt-in sources contain small but measurable shares of bogus respondents. Critically, these bogus respondents are not just answering at random, but tend to select positive answer choices – introducing a small, systematic bias into estimates like presidential approval.
 The average class size at a university conveys little about the experience of the average student there – a disconnect known as the "class-size paradox." Differences between individual- and group-level perspectives can be crucial for researchers to take into consideration.
 The more closely people follow political news, the more likely they are to be concerned about made-up news influencing the presidential election. The same is true of people with more political knowledge and older adults.
Republicans and Democrats express sharply different preferences about their ideal communities and house sizes. And while large numbers of people in both parties say it is important to live in a community that is a good place to raise children, partisans diverge on whether it is important that a community is racially and ethnically diverse. Most Latino registered voters say they want government to be more involved in solving the nation’s problems, a view that is reflected in their broad support for raising the minimum wage, government involvement in health care and stricter gun laws. We've distilled key findings from our data into four email mini-lessons to help people develop a better understanding of Muslims and Islam. If you sign up for the course, you’ll receive an email every other day for about a week.
From our research72% The share of Americans who said in our January survey that it is likely that Russia or other foreign governments will attempt to influence the November 2020 election | |
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