67% of Americans perceive a rise in extreme weather, but partisans differ over government efforts to address it
46% of U.S. adults say the area where they live has had an extreme weather event over the past 12 months.
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46% of U.S. adults say the area where they live has had an extreme weather event over the past 12 months.
As Election Day approaches, here’s a look at voters’ issue priorities, based mainly on a Pew Research Center survey conducted Oct. 10-16.
Majorities of Americans say the federal government, businesses and other actors are doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change.
Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.
Differences within each party on views of foreign policy emerge based on where Americans turn for political news.
Democrats are far more willing to say the U.S. can learn from other countries on major policy issues than Republicans are.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, people around the world are still concerned by the threat of global climate change.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
A majority of U.S. registered voters say climate change will be a very or somewhat important issue when casting their vote for president.
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