2016 Election By the Numbers

62%

According to the Pew Research Center, the number of adults in the United States who got their news from social media in 2016.

10,704

This number represents Donald Trump’s margin of victory over Hillary Clinton in the swing state of Michigan in 2016. Is it possible that fake news may have influenced at least that many undecided voters on Election Day?

1

1 in 4 Americans are believed to have visited a fake news site in the two months before Election Day, according to researchers studying exposure to misinformation.