Seriousness - Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election (October 2020)

Seriousness - Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election (October 2020)

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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election."
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Extremely serious39%
Somewhat serious24%
Not too serious22%
Not at all serious10%
Don't know5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Extremely serious57%34%25%
Somewhat serious27%19%22%
Not too serious11%19%32%
Not at all serious3%11%16%
Don't know3%17%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Extremely serious56%45%61%
Somewhat serious23%37%25%
Not too serious17%12%7%
Not at all serious3%2%3%
Don't know1%4%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Extremely serious26%17%28%
Somewhat serious23%24%21%
Not too serious31%42%29%
Not at all serious15%16%16%
Don't know4%1%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Extremely serious54%45%27%
Somewhat serious25%25%22%
Not too serious13%15%31%
Not at all serious4%6%16%
Don't know4%9%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Extremely serious45%58%57%
Somewhat serious26%21%30%
Not too serious20%13%5%
Not at all serious2%5%5%
Don't know7%3%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Extremely serious25%23%31%
Somewhat serious34%20%18%
Not too serious28%39%26%
Not at all serious10%16%19%
Don't know3%1%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely serious35%51%46%
Somewhat serious24%20%25%
Not too serious25%12%19%
Not at all serious12%7%5%
Don't know4%10%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Extremely serious38%41%
Somewhat serious20%27%
Not too serious24%20%
Not at all serious13%7%
Don't know4%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Extremely serious43%39%37%
Somewhat serious26%25%18%
Not too serious19%22%24%
Not at all serious8%10%13%
Don't know4%5%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Extremely serious36%45%38%38%
Somewhat serious24%26%21%27%
Not too serious26%13%22%26%
Not at all serious7%8%13%9%
Don't know7%8%5%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely serious53%41%42%33%37%40%
Somewhat serious28%22%22%28%25%25%
Not too serious7%23%21%22%25%16%
Not at all serious0%7%11%13%9%15%
Don't know11%8%5%4%3%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Extremely serious38%34%44%47%
Somewhat serious21%29%23%25%
Not too serious24%24%18%14%
Not at all serious12%7%10%9%
Don't know5%6%5%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2020 Election? Foreign governments or other bad actors interfering in the election." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Extremely serious35%38%48%44%
Somewhat serious25%23%25%20%
Not too serious23%25%16%16%
Not at all serious13%9%9%6%
Don't know4%5%2%14%

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