Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Read our research on:

United States

Icon for promotion number 1

Sign up for our politics newsletter

Our latest politics data every month

Thank you for subscribing!

Refine Your Results

  • short reads

    Boomer Gloom

    Fully 80% of Baby Boomers say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today.

  • short reads

    Déjà Vu: Deficit Concerns

    More than three-fourths of Americans saw the federal budget deficit as a threat to the recovering economy … in 1983. Then, as now, there was far less agreement about what to do about it.

  • short reads

    Marriage Is Obsolete

    Nearly four-in-ten survey respondents say that marriage has become obsolete as an institution in American life.

  • short reads

    Optimistic about Future of Marriage

    Despite large changes in family structure and formation rates, the public maintains a strongly positive view about marriage and the family.

  • short reads

    Very Satisfied with Family Life

    Three-quarters of adults say they are very satisfied with their family life; 19% are somewhat satisfied.

  • short reads

    Love Trumps Money?

    More than nine-in-ten married people say that love is a very important reason to marry while only about three-in-ten cite financial stability as an important factor. The data suggest otherwise.

  • short reads

    America Losing Ground

    Majorities or pluralities of Americans think the country is losing ground on nine of 12 major issues.

  • short reads

    Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

    Jobs remain the public’s primary economic concern, and given the pessimism about job availability, it’s not hard to see why.

  • short reads

    Filibuster Reform?

    Just a quarter of the public knows that it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate.

  • report

    The 2010 Congressional Reapportionment and Latinos

    Hispanic voters are nearly three times more prevalent in states that gained congressional seats and Electoral College votes in the 2010 reapportionment than they are in states that lost seats.

REfine Your Selection