U.S. adults: importance of feeling safe online 2017-2020, by political stance

A survey conducted in both 2017 and 2020 asked Democrats and Republicans in the United States if they felt that feeling safe online was of higher importance than free speech. In 2017, results were nearly equally split with 51 percent of Republicans and 54 percent of Democrats agreeing with this statement. Three years on however, the gap between both groups widened, with 60 percent of Democrats in 2020 claiming that this was more crucial than freedom of speech while the share of Republicans who agreed had declined.

一项于2017年和2020年进行的调查分别针对美国民主党与共和党成员，询问他们是否认为网络安全感相较于言论自由更为重要。在2017年，结果显示双方意见几乎平分秋色，51%的共和党人与54%的民主党人认同此观点。然而，三年之后，两组间的意见差距有所扩大，2020年有60%的民主党人声称这一点比言论自由更为关键，而同意这一观点的共和党人比例则有所下降。