For more than 70 years, with few exceptions, more Americans have identified as Democrats than Republicans. But the share of independents, which surpassed the percentages of either Democrats or Republicans several years ago, continues to increase. Currently, 39% Americans identify as independents, 32% as Democrats and 23% as Republicans. This is the highest percentage of independents in more than 75 years of public opinion polling.
Explore the estimated religious composition of 198 countries and territories for 2010 to 2050.
The U.S.-based members of Investigative Reporters & Editors we surveyed were asked to describe how electronic surveillance and hacking have influenced their work or journalism as a whole.
Explore the religious affiliation of each of the members to be sworn into the 114th Congress on Jan. 6, 2015. Data were compiled by CQ Roll Call and the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project.
We canvassed thousands of experts to ask them to predict the future of privacy in America and found they were divided on whether or not a secure, trusted privacy-rights infrastructure would be in place by 2025.
State Unauthorized Immigrants 2012 Total Eligible for Protection Newly Eligible for Protection Percent Eligible Percent Newly Eligible U.S., Total 11,200,000 5,350,000 3,850,000 48% 35% California 2,450,000 1,250,000 950,000 52% 39% Texas 1,650,000 900,000 675,000 54% 41% Florida 925,000 375,000 210,000 41% 23% Illinois 475,000 250,000 200,000 53% 42% New York 750,000 300,000 200,000 39% 26% […]
A Pew Research Center survey of 18 Latin American countries and Puerto Rico asked people whether eight specific behaviors — including homosexual behavior and having an abortion — are morally wrong. Even though Catholic Church teaching forbids some of these behaviors, Protestants across the region are more likely than Catholics to see many of them […]
