The Daily Number
A new statistic every weekday that highlights an important finding or trend.
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19,392
Number of Americans who killed themselves with a gun in 2010.
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56%
Despite questions raised about the program, a majority of Americans continue to support the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists.
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75%
Three-in-four Americans say they think the immigration system needs “major changes” or “to be completely rebuilt.”
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56%
A majority of Americans do not feel that giving unauthorized immigrants legal status would be like rewarding them for doing something wrong.
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19%
Nearly one in five Americans mis-identified Syria as Turkey on a map of the Middle East.
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40%
The Internal Revenue Service, now under intense scrutiny for singling out conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for special review, is one of the least-popular federal agencies — but not quite at the bottom. In a 2010 Pew Research survey, 47% of people said they had a “very” or “mostly” favorable opinion of the IRS. That [...]
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