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    2. Spiritual beliefs

    Americans hold a wide range of beliefs about spirits and related matters. Some views that may be considered spiritual – such as belief in God or another “higher power” – are very common across all major demographic groups, including among many religiously unaffiliated Americans. Some other beliefs – such as in the possibility of reincarnation, […]

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    4. LGBTQ identities

    To better understand how LGBTQ adults identify, we asked respondents three separate questions: When it comes to sexual orientation, more than half of LGBTQ adults (55%) describe themselves as bisexual. Four-in-ten are gay or lesbian, while small shares are straight (1%) or something else (3%). About one-in-ten LGBTQ adults (9%) are transgender. This includes 4% […]

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    5. Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces

    We asked LGBTQ Americans some questions to better understand: Connections to a broader LGBTQ community About a quarter of LGBTQ adults (23%) say they feel extremely or very connected to a broader LGBTQ community. Another 42% feel somewhat connected, and 35% feel not too or not at all connected. Views on this vary by: How […]

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    4. Citizen behavior and individual rights and equality

    Democracy – which, even in its most minimal form, requires the selection of governments through elections – necessarily relies on the people. Citizens must vote for representatives or policies, and, some would argue, are responsible for being informed and for holding politicians accountable via elections or protests. But, across the 24 countries surveyed, citizen behavior […]

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    3. Demographic profiles of Republican and Democratic voters

    Many of the prominent demographic differences that have defined the two parties’ voting coalitions in recent years persisted in the 2022 elections. Democratic voters were once again, on average, younger, more racially and ethnically diverse, and more likely to possess college degrees than Republican voters. Those who voted for a Democratic candidate for the U.S. […]

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    Party Affiliation Fact Sheet (NPORS)

    Explore trends in partisan identification among U.S. adults using data from Pew Research Center’s National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS).

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