U.S. public is paying far less attention to the 2020 election than to the coronavirus outbreak % ofU.S. adults who are following news about each topic
In a campaign season profoundly disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, about half of U.S. adults say they are fairly closely or very closely following news about the candidates for the 2020 presidential election. That is somewhat smaller than the share who were following news about the presidential candidates a few months ago, and substantially smaller than the share now following news about the COVID-19 outbreak.
U.S. public is paying far less attention to the 2020  | election than to the coronavirus outbreak  | % ofU.S. adults who are following news about each topic  | Fairly closely  | Not too closely  | Not at all closely  | Very closely  | The 2020 presidential  | 19%  | 33%  | 31%  | 16%  | election candidates  | The coronavirus  | 46  | 42  | 10  | outbreak  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted April 20-26, 2020.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 