Partisanship & Issues

Entering the peak of the the 2020 election season, social media platforms are firmly entrenched as a venue for Americans to process campaign news and engage in various types of social activism. But not all Americans use these platforms in similar ways.

Just half of registered voters expect to know results within a day or two of Election Day, including nearly identical shares who support Trump and Biden.

Among Republicans, opinions about the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. differ considerably by source of news.

U.S. voters express more negative than positive views of the Senate's top leaders, Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Chuck Schumer.

Comparable majorities of both candidates’ supporters say it “really matters” who wins in November, with large majorities on both sides saying a win by the opposing candidate would lead to “lasting harm” for the country.

Americans have grown more divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough and on which is more important online, free speech or feeling safe.

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

Nationwide, 58% of Cuban registered voters say they affiliate with or lean toward the Republican Party, while 38% identify as or lean Democratic.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) said in August that the U.S. Supreme Court has the right amount of power.

Most supporters of Donald Trump and Joe Biden report having a lot of friends who share their political preferences.