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As of September 2024, more than 700,000 veterans worked in various federal departments and agencies.
Americans are most skeptical about U.S. trade with China: 10% say it benefits the U.S. more than China, while 46% take the opposite view.
A slight majority of Americans (54%) say the Israel-Hamas war is either very or somewhat important to them personally.
In this Q&A, we speak with Brian Kennedy, a senior researcher at the Center, on why and how we conducted the survey of AI experts.
Among blue-collar workers, 43% say they feel extremely or very satisfied with their jobs; by comparison, 53% of other workers express this level of satisfaction.
Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.
About one-fifth of Israeli Jews (22%) have switched from one Jewish group to another since childhood.
The share of Americans who perceive TikTok as a national security threat has also dipped – from 59% in 2023 to 49% now.
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Democrats are overwhelmingly supportive of raising taxes on these groups, while Republicans are more divided.
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