Candidates' social media feeds lead their websites and emails for campaign info % of U.S. adults who turned to from each election candidate's campaign.for news and info about the election Campaign social media posts
Three-in-ten Americans turn to 2016 presidential candidates’ digital messages for news and information about the election – and the candidates’ social media posts outpace their websites and emails as sources of this news. Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (24%) turn to social media posts from either the Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump campaigns as a way of keeping up with the election; this is a higher share than say they turn to the candidates’ campaign websites (10%) or emails (9%). While all age groups rely more on campaign social media communications than their emails or websites, young adults are the most likely to do so: Nearly four-in-ten (37%) of those ages 18 to 29 turn to candidates’ social media accounts, compared with 28% of those ages 30 to 49, 19% of those ages 50 to 64, and 11% of those age 65+.
Candidates' social media feeds lead  | their websites and emails for  | campaign info  | % of U.S. adults who turned to from each election candidate's  | campaign.for news and info about the election  | Campaign social media posts  | Either campaign  | 24%  | Clinton  | 17%  | Trump  | 17%  | Campaign websites  | Either campaign  | 10  | Clinton  | Trump  | Campaign emails  | Either campaign  | Clinton  | Trump  | Source: Survey conducted June 7-July5, 2016.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 