Nearly half (48%) of Americans, many of whom will be struggling to meet today’s deadline for filing with the IRS, say they think the tax system is either completely (19%) or mostly (29%) unfair to people like them — slightly fewer than the 53% who said so in 2002. The entire decline came among those deeming the tax system completely unfair. Read More
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Looking at respondents to 2020 and 2021 surveys reveals differences in vaccination rates based on where people turned most for COVID-19 news.
Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.
In 2020, Hispanics made up nearly one-in-five people in the U.S. (19%), up from 16% in 2010 and just 5% in 1970.
The U.S. Border Patrol reported nearly 200,000 encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in July.
Twenty years ago, Americans came together – bonded by sadness and patriotism – after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But a review of public opinion in the two decades since finds that unity was fleeting. It also shows how support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was strong initially but fell over time.
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