Political Polarization

During the early days of the administration, similar storylines were covered across outlets, but the types of sources cited and assessments of Trump’s actions differed.

Less than a month after Donald Trump took office, the public’s initial impressions of the new president are strongly felt, deeply polarized and far more negative than positive. The latest national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted Feb. 7-12 among 1,503 adults, finds that Trump’s overall job approval is much lower than those of prior […]

As Election Day unfolds, look through five charts that highlight how politically polarized the nation has become.

As the election for a new U.S. president nears, approval of Barack Obama’s job performance is as high as it has been at any point over the last four years.

Five key takeaways from our new report on political polarization and media habits.

We asked Amy Mitchell, our Director of Journalism Research, to discuss how the new report on media polarization was put together.

Liberals and conservatives turn to and trust strikingly different news sources. And across-the-board liberals and conservatives are more likely than others to interact with like-minded individuals.

Survey Report The Pew Research Center has developed a new tool for looking at the 2014 elections – a panel survey that enables us to check in with the same representative group of Americans several times during the course of the campaign. This survey includes far more information about respondents than is found in a […]