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ReportOctober 1, 2019

Americans express overwhelmingly favorable opinions of federal agencies like the Postal Service, the National Park Service, NASA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) despite historically low levels of public trust in the federal government.

Fact TankSeptember 25, 2019

In this 2014 post, we explore how Americans’ views of former president Richard Nixon shifted negative amid the Watergate scandal.

Fact TankSeptember 24, 2019

Black and Hispanic adults are more likely than whites to say they feel a need to change the way they talk around people of other races and ethnicities.

Fact TankSeptember 20, 2019

In this 2015 post, we explore how Americans' views of immigration have shifted since the enactment of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act.

Fact TankSeptember 19, 2019

The more confident people are that members of powerful groups behave unethically, the less likely they are to have confidence in that group’s performance.

ReportSeptember 19, 2019

Members of Congress and technology leaders are rated lower in empathy, transparency and ethics; public gives higher scores to military leaders, public school principals and police officers

Fact TankSeptember 6, 2019

Partisans have different levels of confidence when it comes to the type of personnel who hold government jobs – presidential appointees or career employees.

Fact TankSeptember 4, 2019

Around six-in-ten Democrats support increased spending for scientific research, compared with 40% of Republicans, a gap that has grown over time.

Fact TankAugust 30, 2019

About six-in-ten U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. There is a large and growing partisan divide on abortion.

ReportAugust 29, 2019

As debates over abortion continue in states around the country, a majority of Americans (61%) continue to say that abortion should be legal in all (27%) or most (34%) cases.

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