Republicans and Democrats have different top priorities for U.S. immigration policy
There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
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Payment apps like Venmo and Cash App bring convenience – and security concerns – to some users
PayPal is used by a majority of U.S. adults (57%). Smaller shares report ever using Venmo (38%), Zelle (36%) or Cash App (26%).
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College grads in U.S. tend to partner with each other – especially if their parents also graduated from college
In 2019, 81% of household heads with a bachelor’s degree or more education had a spouse or partner who was also a college graduate.
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Partisan differences are common in the lessons Americans take away from COVID-19
Here’s what Americans said they learned about the development of vaccines and medical treatments and their advice for handling a future outbreak.
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Positive Views of Supreme Court Decline Sharply Following Abortion Ruling
Americans’ ratings of the Supreme Court are now as negative as – and more politically polarized than – at any point in more than three decades of polling. And nearly two-thirds of Democrats (64%) now say the Supreme Court has too much power, almost three times the share who said this in August 2020 (23%).
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Evaluating changes in how we ask Americans for their Twitter profiles
In our March 2021 survey, we decided to take a fresh look at the consent language we used when asking Americans to give us their Twitter handles.
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How we created a representative sample of adult Twitter users in the U.S.
Having a sample of adult Twitter users allows researchers to filter out bots, minors, institutional accounts and international users.
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Global population skews male, but UN projects parity between sexes by 2050
The number of males has exceeded the number of females since the mid-1960s. But by 2050, the worldwide sex ratio is expected to even out.
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Climate Change Remains Top Global Threat Across 19-Country Survey
Despite the many depressing stories dominating the international news cycle, there is also a note of positivity among survey respondents in views of the UN, the benefits of international cooperation for solving problems and the importance of common values for bringing nations together.
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More so than adults, U.S. teens value people feeling safe online over being able to speak freely
A majority of teens say a welcoming, safe online environment is more important than people being able to speak their minds freely online.
