{"id":87729,"date":"2020-11-23T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:18:14","slug":"americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Paid Close Attention as Election Returns Came In"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href='https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium not-transparent\" alt=\"Both Traditional and Digital Tools Help Scientists Stay Up-to-Date\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png 421w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=405,405 405w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=260,260 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=310,310 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=75,75 75w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/02\/PI_2015-02-15_science-engagement_04.png?resize=140,140 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"dbdfe4\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dbdfe4;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_84129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84129\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/usa-presidential-election-2020\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84129\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/PJ_20.11.23_FollowElection_feature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter in Manhattan checks election results on her Smartphone on Nov. 4, 2020. (Anik Rahman\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topics\/american-news-pathways\/\">American News Pathways<\/a> project conducted this study to understand how Americans are engaging with and perceiving news coverage of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this analysis, we surveyed 11,818 U.S. adults between Nov. 12-17, 2020. Everyone who completed the survey is a member of Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methods\/u-s-survey-research\/american-trends-panel\/\">ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See here to read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/PJ_11.23.20_W78_pathways_topline.pdf\">questions used<\/a> for this report and the report\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/methodology-71\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pathways-2020\/ELECTNTFOL\/total_us_adults\/us_adults\/\">interactive data tool<\/a> to access the questions included in this report, as well as content about the coronavirus outbreak and the 2020 presidential election.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As election returns rolled in \u2013 albeit more slowly than in recent years \u2013 Americans were tuning in closely. They also, for the most part, gave their news sources positive marks for the coverage of the returns, though Republicans were less likely to do so than Democrats.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/pj11-23-20_pathways0-0\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84071\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeeeee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeeee;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" class=\"wp-image-84071 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/PJ11.23.20_pathways0-0.png\" alt=\"Most Americans checked in on election results at least fairly often, very few tuned them out entirely ...\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a third of U.S. adults (36%) say they followed the results of the presidential election \u201calmost constantly,\u201d according a Pew Research Center survey of 11,818 U.S. adults conducted Nov. 12-17, 2020, as a part of the Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topics\/american-news-pathways\/\">American News Pathways project<\/a>. Another 34% say they checked in fairly often, while about two-in-ten (22%) did so occasionally. Just 7% of Americans say they tuned out the results entirely. What\u2019s more, about four-in-ten U.S. adults (38%) say the sources they turned to most did very well in helping them understand the results after polls closed. A similar portion (40%) say they did somewhat well, for a total of 77% who gave positive marks. Only 14% say their most turned-to sources for election results did not too or not very well.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/pj11-23-20_pathways0-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84072\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"wp-image-84072\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/PJ11.23.20_pathways0-1.png\" alt=\"Cable TV was the most relied-on platform for election night returns; few turned mainly to social media \" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cable TV was the most relied-on platform for election night news among those asked about, with news websites and apps and network TV the next most likely places to turn. Three-in-ten Americans say that in following the results, they turned most to cable TV. About a quarter (24%) say they turned most to news websites or apps while about two-in-ten (22%) relied most on network TV. Only 9% say they turned most to their social media feeds \u2013 a platform that some were concerned would serve as a place for <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/11\/04\/trump-election-2020-premature-victory-facebook-twitter\/\">misinformation and conspiracy theories to spread<\/a>. A mere 2% focused most on what the candidates and their campaigns had to say, while 6% say they mostly turned somewhere else.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/11\/23\/americans-paid-close-attention-as-election-returns-came-in\/pj11-23-20_pathways0-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84073\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9e3e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e3e3;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" class=\"wp-image-84073 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/PJ11.23.20_pathways0-2.png\" alt=\"Democrats followed election returns more closely than Republicans \u2026\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats followed the presidential election returns somewhat more closely than Republicans: 42% of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic followed them almost constantly once polls closed, versus 31% of Republicans and Republican leaners. Republicans were more likely to check in fairly often or occasionally, while few in either party tuned them out entirely.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partisans\u2019 use of different pathways to keep up with returns was generally similar, but differences emerge in how well each side of the aisle say their sources did in explaining those results. Republicans expressed far less satisfaction with their news sources than did Democrats \u2013 in line with <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2019\/12\/12\/trusting-the-news-media-in-the-trump-era\/\">previous findings<\/a> that Republicans tend to be less satisfied and more distrusting of the media in general. While a solid majority of Democrats (54%) say their most turned-to sources did a very good job of helping them understand the results, the same is true of just 21% of Republicans. Instead, 46% of Republicans say their sources did \u201csomewhat well,\u201d while about a quarter (23%) say their sources did not too or not at all well in helping them understand the results. Just 6% of Democrats offered a negative assessment of their news sources.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some portion of the Republican dissatisfaction could be tied to the fact that the returns showed Joe Biden leading in electoral votes. One media-related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joewalsh\/2020\/11\/04\/trump-team-other-republicans-blast-fox-news-for-early-arizona-call-but-not-florida\/?sh=65cc0b441655\">controversy that emerged<\/a> election night was over the fact that Fox News \u2013 which <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pathways-2020\/camp20news_a\/political_party\/us_adults\/\">33% of Republicans say is a major source<\/a> of political news \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-fox-news-arizona.html\">called Biden the winner in Arizona<\/a> not long after 11 p.m. Eastern in a close race that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2020\/11\/07\/fox-news-biden-president\/\">most news organizations waited several days to call<\/a>. Indeed, the Republicans who say that Fox News is a major source for political news are slightly more likely than other Republicans to say that their news sources did a poor job of helping them understand the election night results \u2013 28% of these Republicans say this, compared with 21% of Republicans who do not say Fox News is a major source of news for them. However, the difference between the two parties is much wider, so possible dissatisfaction with individual news sources does not seem to be the main driver of partisan difference.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are some of the findings of this survey conducted from Nov. 12-17. Major news outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2020-11-07\/joe-biden-president-elect-television-news-networks\">called the race for Biden on Nov. 7<\/a>, and in the days that followed, Donald Trump\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/election-2020-trump-campaign-election-lawsuits-stand\/story?id=74041748\">continued filing lawsuits in battleground states<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/11\/14\/election-2020-gop-officials-swing-states-shoot-down-trump-fraud-claims\/6271421002\/\">he continued to call the results fraudulent<\/a>. As of this publication date, many of the Trump campaign\u2019s legal challenges have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/nov\/19\/trump-election-result-biden-legal-challenges\">largely been unsuccessful<\/a> in court.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the other findings:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Those who turned to cable TV to follow the election results were the most likely to say they followed the results \u201calmost constantly,\u201d with 51% saying this compared with 35% of those who mostly used news websites or apps, 34% of those who mostly used national network TV, and 25% of those who say they mostly turned to their social media feeds to follow the results.<\/li>\n<li>Republicans who use only Fox News and\/or talk radio as major news sources (among eight sources asked about) were more likely than other Republicans to say they followed the election results almost constantly, while Democrats who listed sources with mostly left-leaning audiences (CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times and\/or The Washington Post) as major sources were more likely than Democrats who don\u2019t to say they were following the election results almost constantly.<\/li>\n<li>Americans who followed the election closely were much more likely to say their news sources did very well at helping them understand election results. Of those following the results constantly, 58% said their news sources did very well at this, vs. 35% of those who say they checked in on the results fairly often, and just 21% of those who say they checked in occasionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As election returns rolled in \u2013 albeit more slowly than in recent years \u2013 Americans were tuning in closely. 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