Table 2 Various descriptives and demographics of main completer sample
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M (SD) | |
|---|---|
Personal variables | |
Conservatism (1 = “Extremely Liberal” to 7 = “Extremely conservative”) | 3.32 (1.69) |
Belief in global conspiracies (1 = “Strongly disagree” to 5 = “Strongly agree”) | 2.63 (1.28) |
Interest in political news (1 = “Not interested at all” to 5 = “Extremely interested”) | 3.47 (1.03) |
Political party (1 = “Strong Democrat” to 7 = “Strong Republican”) | 3.21 (1.99) |
Social media use between surveys (1 = “Not at all” to 5 = “A great deal”) | 3.24 (1.09) |
Intention to vote in next election (1 = “Extremely Unlikely” to 5 = “Extremely Likely”) | 4.47 (1.04) |
Feelings toward political institutions | |
Feeling toward DNC (0 = “Completely cold/negative” to 100 = “Completely warm/positive”) | 44.41 (29.31) |
Feeling toward RNC (0 = “Completely cold/negative” to 100 = “Completely warm/positive”) | 29.42 (28.36) |
Trust in information (1 = “Not at all” to 5 = “A great deal”) | |
Trust in information from online news sources | 2.74 (0.92) |
Trust in information from social media | 2.21 (1.01) |
Trust in information from traditional news sources | 2.90 (1.08) |
Trust in information from government resources | 2.60 (1.07) |
Trust in information from family and friends | 2.65 (0.96) |
Demographics | % |
Democrat | 54% |
Republican | 26% |
Non-leaning independent | 12% |
Male | 55% |
Female | 44% |
Other/non-binary | 1% |
White | 78% |
Black/African–American | 6% |
Asian–American | 6% |
Multi-racial | 5% |
All others | 4% |