Q&A: Do AI and bogus respondents threaten polling’s future?
Courtney Kennedy, vice president of methods and innovation, answers some common questions about the current polling landscape in the U.S.
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10 facts about Cubans in the U.S.
Millions of people living in the U.S. trace their origins to Cuba. They make up the third-largest Hispanic origin group in the U.S., after Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.
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71% of U.S. homeowners say their home insurance costs have gone up
The two reasons homeowners cite most often are insurance companies wanting to make more money and the costs of repairing and rebuilding.
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Many Americans hold utility companies responsible for their rising home energy bills
Three-quarters of U.S. adults say their home energy costs have gone up in recent years, including 42% who say these costs have gone up a lot.
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About half of Americans continue to say Trump administration is doing ‘too much’ on deportations
The share saying the administration is doing too little to deport immigrants living in the country illegally has risen slightly, mainly driven by Republicans.
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Americans remain critical of Trump administration’s approach to Iran
62% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the military action against Iran, and 59% say the U.S. made the wrong decision in using military force.
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What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
The number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive year in 2024 but remained among the highest annual totals on record.
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Catholicism has lost people to religious switching in many countries, while Protestantism has gained in some
Within Christianity, religious switching has affected the two largest subgroups, Catholicism and Protestantism, differently.
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Key facts about Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
About 1.7 million people in the U.S. are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NHPI), tracing their roots to Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands in Oceania.
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5 facts about U.S. children living in blended families
17% of U.S. children under 18 live in a blended family most or all of the time – one that includes a stepparent, stepsiblings or half siblings.
