---
title: "Appendix: Detailed charts and tables"
description: "[![Chart shows Republicans’ and Democrats’ confidence in medical scientists to act in the public’s best interests](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PS_2024.11.14_trust-in-science_A-01.png?w=420)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191901)"
date: "2024-11-14"
authors:
  - name: "Alec Tyson"
    job_title: "Former Associate Director"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/alec-tyson/"
  - name: "Brian Kennedy"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/brian-kennedy/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2024/11/14/trust-in-science-2024-appendix/"
categories:
  - "Trust in Science"
datasets:
  - name: "American Trends Panel Wave 158"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-158/"
---

# Appendix: Detailed charts and tables

[![Chart shows Republicans’ and Democrats’ confidence in medical scientists to act in the public’s best interests](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PS_2024.11.14_trust-in-science_A-01.png?w=420)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191901)

[![Chart shows Public confidence in prominent groups to act in the public’s best interest](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PS_2024.11.14_trust-in-science_A-02.png?w=640)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191902)

[![Chart shows Confidence in scientists by education and party affiliation](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PS_2024.11.14_trust-in-science_A-03.png?w=420)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191903)

[![Chart shows Support for scientists playing an active role in public policy debates is lower now than in 2020](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PS_2024.11.14_trust-in-science_A-04.png?w=420)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191904)