The ANES 2020-2022 Social Media Study was a two-wave survey before and after the 2020 presidential election and a third survey following the 2022 midterm elections in the United States. Data from these surveys are available as a public use file from the American National Election Studies (ANES) website. The three questionnaires have largely the same content, affording repeated measures of the same constructs. The questionnaire covers voter turnout and candidate choice in the 2020 presidential primaries and general election, the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, feeling thermometers, feelings about how things are going in the country, trust in institutions, political knowledge and misinformation, political participation, political stereotyping, political diversity of social networks, and campaign/policy issues including health insurance, immigration, guns, and climate change.
Title
ANES Social Media Study Restricted-Use Facebook Supplemental Data, 2020-2022 (ICPSR 38912)
Issued Date
2023-12-14
Version
v2
Status
Published
Citation
American National Election Studies (ANES). ANES Social Media Study Restricted-Use Facebook Supplemental Data, 2020-2022. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-12-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38912.v2
Time Period
2020-08-20, 2023-01-02
Collection Date
2020-08-20, 2023-01-02
Geographic Coverage
United States
Collection Modes
web-based survey
Data Formats
survey data
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to provide data about voting and public opinion in the 2020 and 2022 elections.
Design
The ANES 2020-2022 Social Media Study is a three-wave panel survey conducted on the Internet. First two waves of the design mirror the ANES Time Series design, with pre-election and post-election questionnaires bracketing the 2020 presidential election. The third wave was conducted following the 2022 elections.
Universe
Facebook and non-Facebook users who are U.S. citizens age 18 or older.
Variables
The following types of variables available in this study include: voter turnout and candidate choice in the 2020 presidential primaries and general election, the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, feeling thermometers, feelings about how things are going in the country, trust in institutions, political knowledge and misinformation, political participation, political stereotyping, political diversity of social networks, and campaign/policy issues including health insurance, immigration, guns, and climate change.
Time Methods
Longitudinal: Panel
Response Rates
5,750 pre-election, of which 5,277 also completed post-election (wave 2) and 4,318 completed the 2022 survey (wave 3). 3.2 percent overall (pre-election; first wave)
Analysis Units
individual
Geographic Unit
United States
