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1 PEW RESEARCH CENTER 2020 PEW RESEARCH CENTER’S AMERICAN TRENDS PANEL Wave 78 Politics Survey November 2020 ASK ALL CITIZENS (XCITIZEN=1): VOTED Which of the following statements best describes you? 1 I did not vote in the 2020 presidential election 2 I planned to vote but wasn’t able to 3 I definitely voted in the 2020 presidential election ___________________________________________________________________________________ ASK IF VOTED (VOTED=3): VOTEGEN_POST In the 2020 presidential election, who did you vote for? [RANDOMIZE OPTIONS 1 AND 2 FIRST FOLLOWED BY RANDOMIZED OPTIONS 3 AND 4, WITH OPTION 5 ALWAYS LAST] 1 Donald Trump, the Republican 2 Joe Biden, the Democrat 3 Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party candidate 4 Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate [display only if XPBALLOT=1] 5 Another candidate [only show if respondent tries to skip] [PROGRAMMING NOTE: FOR VOTEGENPOST Display choice 5 Voted for another candidate only if the question is skipped without selecting choice 1,2,3 or 4] Soft Prompt: If you voted for someone else, please select answer choice “Another candidate”. If you would like to skip, click Next. _______________________________________________________________________________ ASK IF DID NOT VOTE (VOTED=1-2): RANDOMIZE ORDER OF RESPONSE OPTIONS 1 AND 2 VOTEGEN_POSTNON If you had voted in the election, would you have voted for… [RANDOMIZE OPTIONS 1 AND 2 FIRST FOLLOWED BY RANDOMIZED OPTIONS 3 AND 4, WITH OPTIONS 5 AND 6 ALWAYS LAST] 1 Donald Trump, the Republican 2 Joe Biden, the Democrat 3 Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party candidate 4 Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate [display only if XPBALLOT=1] 5 Another candidate [only show if respondent tries to skip] [PROGRAMMING NOTE: FOR VOTEGEN_POST Display choice 5 Voted for another candidate only if the question is skipped without selecting choice 1,2,3 or 4] Soft Prompt: If you would have voted for someone else, please select answer choice “Another candidate”. If you would like to skip, click Next. www.pewresearch.org 2 PEW RESEARCH CENTER ___________________________________________________________________________________ ASK IF VOTED (VOTED=3): VOTE_HOW_POST How did you vote in the election? [RANDOMIZE] 1 In person at a polling place 2 By absentee or mail-in ballot ___________________________________________________________________________________ ASK IF VOTED IN PERSON (VOTE_HOW_POST=1): VOTEINPWHEN When did you vote? 1 Before Election Day 2 On Election Day ___________________________________________________________________________________ ASK IF VOTED BY ABSENTEE OR MAIL (VOTE_HOW_POST=2): VOTEMAIL How did you return your absentee or mail-in ballot? [RANDOMIZE] 1 In person to an election official or poll worker 2 At a designated dropbox 3 By mail www.pewresearch.org .