J. Baxter Oliphant

Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.

More Americans also say evangelical Christians, business corporations and the military will lose than gain influence in Washington.

There are wide partisan gaps over most of the 19 items asked about – particularly addressing racial issues and dealing with global climate change.

68% of the public does not want Donald Trump to remain a major political figure in the future.

Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election.

Biden supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to be confident their news sources will make the right call in announcing a winner. And partisans remain worlds apart on how well the U.S. has controlled the coronavirus outbreak.

About two-thirds of Republicans say the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have; 88% of Democrats disagree.

Republicans are about four times as likely as Democrats to say voter fraud has been a major issue with mail-in ballots.

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

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.