Seven out of Ten Voters Regularly Use Social Media To Get News

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• Seventy-one percent (71%) regularly use social media in order to get their news.
  • Another fourteen percent (14%) report using social media rarely, while only thirteen percent (13%) report never using social media to learn about the news.
• Eighty percent (80%) of voters believe there is a lot of inaccurate information on social media.
  • Only ten percent (10%) disagree.
• Even with the widespread belief social media information is often inaccurate, just 34% believe the government should be allowed to censor speech on social media.
  • Nearly half (48%) say they should not, while almost a fifth (18%) are unsure.
• Voters are more conflicted on if social media is good or bad for America.
  • 43% of voters believe social media is good for America, while 41% believe it is bad.