Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power
A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.
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A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
People in advanced and emerging economies have mixed feelings about social media’s impact on political life.
Since 2000, there has been a downward trend in average effective tax rates for all but the richest taxpayers.
Only 5% and 13% of scholars and the American public, respectively, say respect for the U.S. abroad is not too or not at all important.
Looking at respondents to 2020 and 2021 surveys reveals differences in vaccination rates based on where people turned most for COVID-19 news.
A small but significant share of car owners in the U.S. have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of joining them.
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Among Republicans, opinions about the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. differ considerably by source of news.
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