Finland: opinions on Donald Trump & social media hate speech 2018

This statistic shows the result of a survey on Finns' opinions on Donald Trump's influence on political debate and social media hate speech as of June 2018. According to the survey, 88 percent of survey respondents (representative of the Finnish adult population) believed that Trump had heightened the political debate and increased aggressive commenting on social media. The survey was conducted prior to the Helsinki Summit where Donald Trump met with the Russian president Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018.

Share of Finnish people who think that Donald Trump has heightened the political debate and increased aggressive commenting on social media as of June 2018, by gender

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Men	86%
Women	91%
Total	88%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

June 11-19, 2018

Number of respondents

1,012 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

representative of the Finnish adult population (15 years and older); 3% error margin

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Survey respondents were asked on which factors, in their opinion, Donald Trump has influenced. This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Kärjistänyt yhteiskunnallista keskustelua ja lisännyt aggressiivista kommentointia sosiaalisessa mediassa."

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