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The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.
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The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.
The economy is clearly the top issue for voters; fully 79% say it will be very important to their voting decisions – the highest share among 18 issues included on the survey. The public continues to take a dim view of current economic conditions. Just 17% of U.S. adults say the economy is in excellent or good shape, little changed from the 13% who said this in July.
At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
A new study of posts on popular public Facebook pages about the early days of the Biden administration finds that the focus of these posts, as well as the assessments of the new president, differed widely by the ideological orientation of the pages.
Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults (59%) see a great deal of difference between the two major political parties, up from 55% just two years ago.
67% of U.S. Catholics say Joe Biden should be allowed to receive Communion during Mass, while 29% say he should not be allowed to do this.
Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
Americans’ views of the economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved.
Majorities across demographic and political groups have neutral views about the changing racial makeup of the U.S. population.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
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