Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Opinion on the legality of abortion has changed little since before the court’s decision, with 62% now saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
On some key national issues, views among Hispanics are diverse and varied, and sometimes distinct from other Americans’ attitudes. For example, most Hispanics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but views vary across religious and age groups. And on guns, Hispanics favor controlling gun ownership at higher rates than the general […]
More than half of Americans (55%) have favorable views of Israel, while 41% say they have unfavorable views of the country. Notably, this is slightly more than the share who reported favorable views of the Israeli government (48%) and lower than the share who said they had favorable views of the Israeli people (67%) on […]
Americans report a wide variance in how much thought they have given to the issue of abortion personally. Overall, 36% of adults say that prior to taking the survey, they had given “a lot” of thought to issues around abortion. An identical share say they had given “some” thought to the issue, while roughly three-in-ten say […]