Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
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Acknowledgments
This report was written by Kiana Cox, senior researcher. Editorial guidance was provided by Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research; Jocelyn Kiley, associate director, political research; and Carroll Doherty, director, political research. Guidance on the communications strategy and outreach was provided by Tanya Arditi, senior communications manager. The report was number-checked by Shanay […]
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This report was written by Kiana Cox, senior researcher. Editorial guidance was provided by Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research; Sahana Mukherjee, associate director, race and ethnicity research; Khadijah Edwards, research associate, race and ethnicity research; Neha Sahgal, vice president, research; and Claudia Deane, executive vice president. Methodological guidance was provided by Courtney […]
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9 facts about Americans and marijuana
Around nine-in-ten U.S. adults say marijuana should be legal either for medical or recreational use. Just 12% say the drug should not be legal at all.
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The United States at 250: How the Country Has Changed in the Past 50 Years
As America turns 250, explore how demographics, work, family and economics have shifted since 1976, based on 50 years of Census data.
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News Platform Fact Sheet
How Americans get news continues to evolve as platforms emerge, like AI chatbots and email newsletters. Find out how often they get news from digital devices.
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8. Religious attendance and congregational involvement
A third of adults attend in-person services at least monthly, while 23% virtually watch that often. And 37% are members of a house of worship. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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Key facts about Black eligible voters in 2024
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
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3. How the COVID-19 pandemic affected U.S. religious life
Michael Rotolo contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on how religious communities gather for worship. In a Pew Research Center survey in July 2020, a few months after the coronavirus struck the United States, just 6% of Americans who regularly attend religious services said their house of worship was open […]
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Methodology
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 174 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted June 16-29, 2025. A total of 6,871 panelists responded out of 12,032 who were sampled, for a survey-level response […]
