U.S. PoliticsApr. 23, 2013

Economy: Pew Research Center Key Data Points

Strengthening the nation’s economy and improving the job situation have remained the public’s two top priorities for the White House and Congress.

U.S. PoliticsApr. 2, 2013

Climate Change: Key Data Points from Pew Research

In his inaugural and State of the Union addresses, President Obama spoke of the need to deal with climate change in his second term, but the American public routinely ranks dealing with global warming low on its list of priorities for the president and Congress. This year, it ranks at the bottom of the 21 [...]

U.S. PoliticsJan. 22, 2013

Obama’s Second Term Goals and Public Opinion

President Obama on Monday laid out his second term priorities, naming a range of issues: the social safety net, entitlement programs, income inequality, climate change, gay rights and immigration reform. Here is what our surveys have found about public opinion on these topics.