Seriousness - Misinformation spread on social media (August 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 57% |
| Somewhat serious | 26% |
| Not too serious | 10% |
| Not at all serious | 4% |
| Don't know | 3% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 65% | 59% | 50% |
| Somewhat serious | 24% | 21% | 28% |
| Not too serious | 7% | 7% | 13% |
| Not at all serious | 2% | 4% | 5% |
| Don't know | 2% | 10% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 74% | 51% | 66% |
| Somewhat serious | 16% | 34% | 23% |
| Not too serious | 7% | 8% | 7% |
| Not at all serious | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| Don't know | 1% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 58% | 40% | 51% |
| Somewhat serious | 14% | 37% | 30% |
| Not too serious | 12% | 16% | 13% |
| Not at all serious | 11% | 4% | 4% |
| Don't know | 4% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 68% | 55% | 51% |
| Somewhat serious | 20% | 28% | 28% |
| Not too serious | 7% | 7% | 13% |
| Not at all serious | 2% | 3% | 5% |
| Don't know | 2% | 6% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 64% | 71% | 68% |
| Somewhat serious | 25% | 21% | 16% |
| Not too serious | 7% | 6% | 9% |
| Not at all serious | 4% | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know | 0% | 0% | 7% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 51% | 49% | 53% |
| Somewhat serious | 29% | 30% | 24% |
| Not too serious | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Not at all serious | 3% | 4% | 8% |
| Don't know | 1% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 56% | 51% | 60% |
| Somewhat serious | 25% | 34% | 24% |
| Not too serious | 12% | 6% | 10% |
| Not at all serious | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Don't know | 3% | 6% | 2% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 54% | 60% |
| Somewhat serious | 27% | 24% |
| Not too serious | 11% | 9% |
| Not at all serious | 4% | 3% |
| Don't know | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 50% | 62% | 58% |
| Somewhat serious | 32% | 22% | 25% |
| Not too serious | 10% | 9% | 13% |
| Not at all serious | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| Don't know | 5% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 48% | 46% | 60% | 72% |
| Somewhat serious | 34% | 31% | 22% | 19% |
| Not too serious | 14% | 12% | 10% | 4% |
| Not at all serious | 2% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Don't know | 2% | 5% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 74% | 51% | 61% | 59% | 55% | 60% |
| Somewhat serious | 12% | 28% | 24% | 27% | 27% | 24% |
| Not too serious | 12% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Not at all serious | 0% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 7% |
| Don't know | 2% | 8% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 0% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely serious | 58% | 51% | 60% | 67% |
| Somewhat serious | 24% | 31% | 25% | 20% |
| Not too serious | 11% | 11% | 10% | 6% |
| Not at all serious | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Don't know | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
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| Category | The 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 serious | 53% | 54% | 71% | 56% |
| Somewhat serious | 30% | 26% | 19% | 23% |
| Not too serious | 10% | 11% | 7% | 9% |
| Not at all serious | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Don't know | 2% | 5% | 0% | 7% |
