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Most Americans have positive overall views of medical doctors and medical research scientists. But they have more mixed assessments when it comes to trust-related judgments, especially for medical researchers. Fewer than half the public believes medical researchers do a good job, provide fair and accurate information about their findings or care about the public interest […]
A majority of U.S. adults have a positive opinion of dietitians, and about half or more trust dietitians to perform their jobs with competence, to show concern for public interests and to provide fair and accurate nutrition information, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
Majorities of the public say there is not agreement in the country over what is considered sexist (65%) or racist (61%) language; and about half (48%) say it is hard to know what other people might find offensive. There’s a modest partisan divide over whether it’s easy or hard to know what others might find […]
Democrats’ preferences for the nominee are deeply divided along ideological and demographic lines.
A large share of Americans say it is important to them personally to use language that does not cause offense, and an even larger majority say they are confident that the language they use is not offensive to other people. About eight-in-ten (79%) say it is very (42%) or somewhat (37%) important to them personally […]
Most Democrats say gender, race of 2020 nominee won’t change their enthusiasm.