We’ll be sharing findings about Black Americans for #BlackHistoryMonth in this thread. First up: a recent post examining the slow but steady progress Black Americans have made in gaining a greater foothold in U.S. political leadership. pewrsr.ch/3pEdKkP
About three-quarters of Black adults say that being Black is important to how they think about themselves, and 81% feel connected to a broader Black community in the U.S. pewrsr.ch/3aDnntN#BlackHistoryMonth
Across our surveys, Black social media users have been particularly likely to say that social media sites are personally important to them for getting involved with issues they care about or finding like-minded people. pewrsr.ch/3tdxzl0#BlackHistoryMonth
The number of Black Americans eligible to vote for president reached a record 30 million in 2020, with more than one-third living in nine of the nation’s most competitive states. pewrsr.ch/3tfYmNr#BlackHistoryMonth
Black Americans stand out for their trust in local news organizations, and they are more likely to feel connected to their main source of news. pewrsr.ch/2YA8KSo#BlackHistoryMonth
Four-in-ten Black Americans say they often or sometimes feel the need to change the way they talk around others of different races and ethnicities – a phenomenon sometimes called “code-switching.” pewrsr.ch/3pG3l7Y#BlackHistoryMonth
NEW: 23% of U.S. Hispanics have heard of the gender-neutral pan-ethnic label, Latinx, but just 3% say they use it to describe themselves. 1/ pewrsr.ch/2F9F7AB
Awareness of the term Latinx varies across Hispanics – young Hispanics, those with college experience, those born in the U.S. and those who predominantly speak English are the most likely to have heard of it. 2/ pewrsr.ch/2F9F7AB
There are also partisan differences: Hispanics who identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party are more likely to have heard of Latinx than those who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party (29% vs. 16%). 3/ pewrsr.ch/2F9F7AB
NEW: Overwhelming majorities of both Republican and Democratic voters have retained their party affiliation over the past two years, a tumultuous period marked by a global pandemic, mass protests against racial injustice and a presidential impeachment. 1/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
About one-in-ten voters (9%) who identified as or leaned Republican in September 2018 now identify as Democrats or lean Democratic. An identical share of voters (9%) who two years ago identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic now align with the GOP. 2/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
While individual-level change has not resulted in a significant net shift in the *overall* balance of party identification in the electorate, that is not the case within demographic groups. 3/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
Many around the world say women’s equality is very important, according to our 2015 global survey. This sentiment was strongest in North America, Europe and Latin America. pewrsr.ch/2J0UdtI#InternationalWomensDay
In an effort to better understand the 2016 electorate, we matched members of our nationally representative American Trends Panel to a national voter file to create a dataset of verified voters. (Thread on findings follows.) pewrsr.ch/2KFmuSe
Among these verified voters, the overall vote preference mirrors the election results very closely: 48% reported voting for Hillary Clinton and 45% for Donald Trump. (Actual election result was 48% Clinton - 46% Trump)
This data source offers a detailed look at the voting preferences of Americans across a range of demographic traits and characteristics.
We’ve just released a new study examining views of President Trump among those who voted for him in the 2016 election. (Thread on findings follows.) pewrsr.ch/2KEAdc6
This analysis is from our American Trends Panel, which allows us to survey the same group of U.S. adults at multiple time points to determine how their views changed over time. (Not possible with a traditional cross-sectional survey.)
We tracked views of Trump at four points, from the primary season in early 2016 through March 2018 (including shortly after the 2016 election, when we also asked survey respondents which candidate they’d voted for).
We study a wide array of topics both in the U.S. and around the world, and every year we are struck by particular findings. Here are 17 findings that stood out to us in 2017. pewrsr.ch/2zyRygQ
1. Partisanship has eclipsed all other demographic differences when it comes to political values.
2. Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States.