Misinformation and the 2010 Election: A Study of the US Electorate

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dc.contributor.authorProgram on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
dc.contributor.authorRamsay, Clay
dc.contributor.authorKull, Steven
dc.contributor.authorLewis (aka Fehsenfeld), Evan
dc.contributor.authorSubias, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-20T14:15:06Z
dc.date.available2011-04-20T14:15:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-12-10
dc.description.abstractExamined Americans' perceptions of the reliability of information in the election environment, in light of the Supreme Court decision in "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission." During November 6-15, 2010, WorldPublicOpinion.org conducted web interviews with 848 randomly selected respondents, including 616 self-reported voters. An overwhelming majority of voters said that they encountered misleading or false information in the 2010 midterm election, with a majority saying that this occurred more frequently than usual. The poll found strong evidence that voters were substantially misinformed on many of the issues prominent in the campaign, including the stimulus legislation, the healthcare reform law, TARP, the state of the economy, climate change, campaign contributions by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and President Obama's birthplace.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRockefeller Brothers Fund, Calvert Foundationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11375
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectPublic opinionen_US
dc.subjectElectionsen_US
dc.subjectCourt decisionsen_US
dc.subjectInformationen_US
dc.subjectMisinformationen_US
dc.titleMisinformation and the 2010 Election: A Study of the US Electorateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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