Russians' interest in the U.S. election 2020

Approximately one half of Russians did not follow the news on the U.S. presidential election in 2020, according to a survey from September 2020. Only 11 percent of respondents stated that they closely followed the media coverage of the election.

Do you follow the news about the presidential election in the U.S. closely, not very closely, or not at all?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Follow closely	11%
Follow not very closely	40%
Do not follow at all	49%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

September 4-6, 2020

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The original question was worded by the source as follows: "Вы следите за новостями о президентских выборах в США внимательно, не очень внимательно или совсем не следите?"

Statistical error does not exceed 3.8 percent.

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