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August 2021
Sample 2000 Genpop Adults (18+)
Conducted August 11 – 16, 2021
Margin of Error ±2.5%

1. For each of the following business sectors in the United States, please indicate whether
your overall view of it is positive, neutral, or negative.

Very Somewhat Somewhat Very

positive positive Neutral negative negative
Internet Industry 7% 22% 35% 22% 14%
Computer industry 11% 29% 42% 13% 6%
The federal
government 5% 17% 25% 23% 31%
Pharmaceutical
industry 6% 16% 27% 26% 26%
Healthcare industry 11% 26% 26% 21% 16%
Grocery industry 14% 36% 38% 8% 3%
Banking industry 6% 20% 36% 21% 17%

2. Do you ever use social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or YouTube
etc.?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%

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3. Do you currently have accounts for any of the following? (Select all that apply)

Has an account - Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76%

Has an account - Instagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%
Has an account - Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39%
Has an account - YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%
Has an account - Snapchat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Has an account - LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%
Has an account - TikTok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
Has an account - Parler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
Has an account - Reddit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
Has an account - Gab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
Has an account - Mastodon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0%
Has an account - Odysee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%
Has an account - None of these . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%

4. How often do you use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube?

Several times a day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53%

Once a day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
Nearly every day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
A few times a week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Every now and then . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
Rarely or never . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%

5. Overall, when you add up all the advantages and disadvantages of social media, would you
say that social media has mostly been a good thing or a bad thing for...

Good thing Bad thing

Society 42% 58%
You personally 67% 33%

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6. Have you ever blocked, unfriended, or stopped following someone on a social networking
site because of what they posted about politics or science?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40%
Do not have a social network account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%

7. Have you ever reported another user or user’s post to a social networking company, such
as Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, for offensive speech or sharing false information? Select
all that apply.

Yes, have done this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%

No, have not done this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%
Do not have a social network account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%

8. Have you, or someone you know, ever shared a post or article on a social media platform,
such as on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, that was reported, flagged, or removed by the
company? Select all that apply.

Had a post/article reported or removed - Yes, personally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19%

Had a post/article reported or removed - Yes, someone I know . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Had a post/article reported or removed - No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49%
Had a post/article reported or removed - No social media account . . . . . . . 11%

9. Have you, or someone you know, ever had a social media account suspended, such as on
Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? Select all that apply.

Account suspended before - Yes, personally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%

Account suspended before - Yes, someone I know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Account suspended before - No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56%
Account suspended before - No social media account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%

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10. When social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter delete or flag users’
posts or accounts, do you think most of those decisions are primarily made by company
employees or computer programs?

Company employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%

Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Both were involved equally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53%

11. When a social media company like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter suspends or bans a
user from their account for violating platform rules, do you think the company should allow the
person to appeal the decision to request their account back or not?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%

12. Based on what you know or have heard, do social media companies like Facebook and
Twitter go too far or not far enough monitoring the content of what people post on it, or is it
doing a good job?

Going too far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40%

Not going far enough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41%
Doing a good job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19%

13. Do you think social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube have
too many rules, not enough rules, or the appropriate amount of rules around what people can
and cannot say and share on their platforms?

Too many rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36%

Appropriate amount of rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39%
Not enough rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%

14. Do you trust social media companies to make fair decisions about what information is
allowed to be posted on their platforms, or not?

Yes, trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%

No, do not trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75%

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15. Do you think social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube
should use the First Amendment as a standard for content moderation or should the
companies determine their own rules about what can be posted on their sites?

Use First Amendment as standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58%

Companies should set their own rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42%

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16. In your view, how should social media companies like Facebook and Twitter handle the
following kinds of things users could post to the platform? A post that...

Reduce
how
Place a many Suspend
Leave it, warning people Permanently the
do label on can see remove person’s
nothing the post the post the post account
Shares videos of
American flag
burnings 37% 25% 6% 18% 15%
Shares pornography 7% 23% 7% 27% 37%
Says the Covid-19
vaccine is dangerous 41% 25% 7% 15% 11%
Says the Covid-19
vaccine has adverse
side effects 41% 31% 9% 13% 6%
Says masks don’t
work 45% 21% 6% 17% 10%
Recommends people
drink bleach to treat
covid 10% 20% 5% 36% 30%
Says the Holocaust
did not occur 19% 15% 5% 30% 30%
Says children
shouldn’t receive
routine vaccinations
for diseases like
measles and mumps 34% 30% 7% 19% 10%
Says climate change
is not happening 44% 24% 9% 15% 8%
Says that all illegal
immigrants should be
deported 50% 18% 7% 16% 9%
Says that
transgender people
have a mental
disorder 38% 14% 6% 22% 21%
Will not use a
transgender person’s
preferred pronouns in
their posts and
comments 48% 17% 11% 11% 13%
Says the average IQ 6
of whites and Asians
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17. If you had to choose, would you rather social media companies:

Do more to give users more choice and control over what kinds of speech they
see in their own news feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60%
Do more to reduce all users’ exposure to see speech identified as offensive or
misinformation across the platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40%

18. Do you think social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter should remove
false information users post to their platforms?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%

19. How should social media companies handle false or misleading information shared on
their platforms?

Let it be, do nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%

Add a warning label to the post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Reduce how many people see the post in their newsfeeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
Ban and remove the post or article from the site altogether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%

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20. For each of the following things a person could say or post on a social networking site,
would you say it is false information, is up for debate, or is correct information:

This is This is This is This is

definitely probably This is up probably definitely
false false for true true
information information debate information information
The 2020 election
was stolen 44% 9% 22% 8% 16%
The world is going to
end in 12 years if we
don’t address climate
change 45% 19% 26% 5% 5%
Climate change isn’t
happening 48% 8% 26% 8% 10%
Climate change is a
problem, but it’s not a
catastrophe 24% 12% 42% 16% 6%
Drinking bleach
should be used to
treat covid-19 88% 3% 6% 2% 1%
Hunter Biden sold
access to his father
Joe Biden to a
foreign company 23% 21% 25% 15% 16%
Children should not
have to wear masks
in school 29% 12% 37% 7% 15%
Masks don’t work 44% 9% 27% 8% 11%
Covid-19 vaccines
are dangerous 33% 16% 31% 9% 11%
Covid-19 vaccines
have no risks 36% 15% 35% 11% 3%
Covid-19 vaccines
have adverse side
effects 14% 11% 36% 19% 21%
You won’t get
Covid-19 if you get
the vaccine 46% 14% 28% 8% 4%
Democrats changed
the vote tallies in
2020 to help Joe
Biden win 41% 11% 20% 9% 19%
Russia changed the
vote tallies in 2016 to 8
help Donald Trump
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21. What worries you more:

That social media companies won’t do enough to stop the spread of false or
misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46%
That social media companies will censor truthful or legitimate debate and
opinion from their platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54%

22. If you had to choose, would you rather social media companies do more to:

Stop misinformation from being shared, even if doing so accidentally censored

truthful information and legitimate debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Ensure they avoid censoring truthful information and legitimate debate, even if
that meant false information would be shared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56%

23. Do you think social media companies like Facebook and Twitter are mainly responsible for
people choosing not to get vaccinated against Covid-19?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70%

24. Do you favor or oppose Facebook fact-checking some articles that users post to their
profiles?

Strongly favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%

Somewhat favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%
Somewhat oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
Strongly oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%

25. In your opinion, who should decide what is false information instead of legitimate speech
and debate?

Social media companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%

Third-party fact-checkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46%
The government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
None of these . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%

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26. If someone appeals a fact-checker’s decision to label an article false or misleading, should
the same fact-checker decide if their original decision was correct, or should another fact-
checker decide?

Same fact-checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%

Different fact-checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85%

27. Do you think Facebook’s fact-checkers are fair and objective in their analysis of what
information is true or false, or do they allow their own political opinions to impact their analysis?

Fair and objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%

Allow political opinions to impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63%

28. Do you think social media platforms exert too much influence, too little influence, or about
the right level of influence on what political news people read?

Too much influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65%

Too little influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10%
About the right level of influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%

29. Do you think social media companies’ rules about what people can and can’t say on their
sites are biased against Democrats?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83%

30. Do you think social media companies’ rules about what people can and can’t say on their
sites are biased against Republicans?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56%

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31. Do you think social media companies’ rules about what people can and can’t say on their
sites are biased against racial minorities?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72%

32. Do you think employees at social media companies like Facebook and Twitter allow their
own political opinions to influence how they write and enforce the rules about what users can
say and share on their platforms?

Definitely yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%

Probably yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38%
Probably no . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19%
Definitely no . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

33. In your opinion, should people be able to sue social media companies for things other
users post on these companies’ social media platforms?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67%

34. Do you think the government should increase, decrease, or not change its regulation of
technology companies such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon?

Increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%
Decrease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Not change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39%

35. Do you think Congress should or should not regulate large social media companies to limit
potential political bias?

Should . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55%
Should not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%

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36. Do you think Congress should or should not regulate large social media companies to limit
the spread of false information?

Should . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56%
Should not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%

37. Do you favor or oppose the government punishing social media companies like Facebook
if they don’t stop people from saying or sharing things the government classifies as health
misinformation?

Strongly favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%

Somewhat favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
Somewhat oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%
Strongly oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%

38. Do you favor or oppose the government punishing social media companies like Facebook if
they don’t stop people from saying or sharing things the government classifies as hate speech?

Strongly favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%

Somewhat favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Somewhat oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%
Strongly oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%

39. Do you favor or oppose the government punishing social media companies like Facebook
if they aren’t politically neutral?

Strongly favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%

Somewhat favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%
Somewhat oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Strongly oppose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%

40. Who do you think will do a better job determining what rules social media companies, like
Facebook and Twitter, should use about what users are allowed to say or share:

Government regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42%

The companies and their employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58%

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41. Which worries you more:

The spread of false or misleading information on social media platforms like

Facebook and Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%
Giving the federal government the power to restrict what people are allowed to
say or share on social media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62%

42. Do you think lawmakers and regulators understand technology and technology companies
well enough to regulate them wisely?

Yes, understand enough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%

No, don’t understand enough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73%

43. Do you think business employers should or should not discipline their employees for
posting controversial or offensive opinions on social media accounts like Facebook and
Twitter?

Should . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49%
Should not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51%

44. How concerned are you that something you post on a social media account, like Facebook,
may cause problems for you at work or school?

Very concerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%

Somewhat concerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
Not that concerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%
Not at all concerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%

45. Do you think social media companies have too much influence over the outcome of national
elections or not?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%

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46. Do you think social media companies are trying to block President Biden’s political agenda,
help President Biden pass his political agenda, or are the platforms acting in an unbiased
manner?

Trying to block Biden’s agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%

Trying to pass Biden’s agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%
Acting in an unbiased manner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43%

47. As you may know, after the January 6th storming of the Capitol, Twitter and Facebook
suspended President Trump’s accounts. Do you agree or disagree with this decision?

Strongly agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%

Somewhat agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Somewhat disagree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Strongly disagree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36%

48. Did Facebook and Twitter’s banning of Donald Trump from their services make you feel
like your account was more likely to be suspended, less likely to be suspended, or have no
impact on the likelihood of your account being suspended?

More likely to be suspended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23%

Less likely to be suspended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
No impact on being suspended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70%

49. In your view, did Facebook and Twitter violate the First Amendment when they banned
Donald Trump from their platforms?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58%

50. In your view, did Facebook and Twitter violate Donald Trump’s free speech rights when
they banned Trump from their platforms?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55%

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51. How concerned are you about each of the following occurring on social networking sites
like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?

Extremely Very Somewhat A little Not that

concerned concerned concerned concerned concerned
People being
harassed or bullied 33% 22% 24% 9% 13%
The spread of
misinformation 38% 18% 20% 8% 15%
People engaging in
hate speech 31% 19% 22% 11% 17%
Radicalization of
terrorists, white
supremacists
causing violence 36% 17% 18% 9% 21%
Censoring of truthful
information and
debate 39% 17% 21% 10% 14%
Bias against
conservatives 29% 12% 17% 8% 33%
Bias against liberals 12% 9% 20% 11% 47%
Bias against racial
minorities 23% 16% 21% 12% 28%

52. In the past 7 days, how often have you...

Occasionally
or a
Rarely or Some or a moderate
none of the little of the amount of Most or all
time (less time (1-2 time (3-4 of the time
than 1 day) days) days) (5-7 days)
Felt nervous, anxious
or on edge? 49% 25% 14% 11%
Felt depressed? 56% 19% 13% 11%

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53. Has a doctor or other healthcare provider ever told you that you have a mental health
condition?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75%

54. Would you describe yourself as libertarian, or not?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67%
Not Sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%

55. Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a ...?

Democrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31%
Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%

56. $pid7text

Strong Democrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%

Not very strong Democrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Strong Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
Not very strong Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Lean Democrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Lean Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
Don’t know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -

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57. Which of the following best describes your current employment status?

Full-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35%
Part-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Temporarily laid off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%
Unemployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%
Permanently disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
Homemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%
Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%

58. What is your marital status?

Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%
Single . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Domestic partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%

59. How would you describe the place where you live?

City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
Suburb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%
Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Rural area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0%

60. Census Region

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%
South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%
West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%

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61. Are you the parent or guardian of any children under the age of 18?

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78%

62. Education

HS or Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39%
Some College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31%
College Grad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%

63. News Interest

Most of the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48%

Some of the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%
Only now and then . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Hardly at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%

64. Ideology

Lib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33%
Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Con . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%

65. Presidential Vote

Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48%
Trump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

66. Presidential Vote 2020

Biden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51%
Trump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%

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67. 2020 Turnout

Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%

68. Income

LT $30k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
$30-$60k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
$60-$100k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%
$100-$150k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12%
$150k+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

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