Among Republicans, support has declined for allowing early or absentee voting without an excuse and for automatically registering all eligible citizens to vote.
The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.
Looking at final estimates of the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential race, 93% of national polls overstated the Democratic candidate’s support among voters, while nearly as many (88%) did so in 2016.
While a few proposals continue to garner bipartisan support, partisan divisions on others – including a ban on assault-style weapons – have grown wider.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Joe Biden is just the second Catholic president in U.S. history, after John F. Kennedy. Most U.S. adults know that Biden is Catholic, including majorities within both major political parties, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
While Fox’s audience spans ideologies on the right, its new challengers attract mainly conservatives.
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
About a year since the coronavirus recession began, there are some signs of improvement in the U.S. labor market, and Americans are feeling somewhat better about their personal finances than they were early in the pandemic.
77% think vaccinations will benefit the economy.
A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that Americans are increasingly confident they can safely go to services at a church, temple, mosque or other house of worship.
The novel coronavirus continues to pose weighty challenges for people around the world.
Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.
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More Americans also say evangelical Christians, business corporations and the military will lose than gain influence in Washington.
There are wide partisan gaps over most of the 19 items asked about – particularly addressing racial issues and dealing with global climate change.
The Biden administration is acting on a number of fronts to reverse Trump-era restrictions on immigration to the United States.
The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended nearly 100,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, a return to levels last seen in mid-2019.
At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
Americans are much less likely to say there is discrimination against White people: 40% say White people face at least some discrimination.
Among all married or cohabiting adults, 53% say things in their marriage or relationship currently are going very well.
Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
A hundred years after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important milestone in advancing the position of women in the country.
Half of adults who say they lost a job due to the coronavirus outbreak are still unemployed.
In several countries, favorable views of the U.S. are at their lowest point since the Center began polling on this topic two decades ago.
72% of U.S. adults say news organizations do an insufficient job telling their audiences where their money comes from.
About half of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to our new analysis of government data.
While declining shares give police forces positive marks for their use of force, treatment of racial groups and officer accountability, there is little support for cuts in spending on local policing.
Many Americans think declining trust in the government and in each other makes it harder to solve key problems. They have a wealth of ideas about what’s gone wrong and how to fix it.
Majorities of Americans say the tone of political debate in the country has become more negative, less respectful, less fact-based and less substantive in recent years.
Nearly as many U.S. adults prefer to get local news online as through a TV set. And while Americans prize community connection from their local news providers, they are largely unaware of the financial challenges they face.
At a time of growing stress on democracy around the world, Americans generally agree on democratic ideals and values that are important for the United States.
Americans have broad exposure to guns, whether they personally own one or not. About seven-in-ten say they have fired a gun at some point and 42% currently live in a gun-owning household.
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