Democrats overwhelmingly favor free college tuition, while Republicans are divided by age, education
Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor the proposal.
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Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor the proposal.
Americans’ ratings of the Supreme Court are now as negative as – and more politically polarized than – at any point in more than three decades of polling. And nearly two-thirds of Democrats (64%) now say the Supreme Court has too much power, almost three times the share who said this in August 2020 (23%).
The share of Americans who say the United States stands above all other nations in the world has declined modestly over the past four years.
A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
Prior to the Tyre Nichols video release, views of police conduct in the U.S. had improved in three of four measures, with crime an exception.
A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.
Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
Public attitudes about the legality of abortion are largely divided along partisan lines – and to a greater extent than in past decades.
Americans are now more likely to expect foreign election interference than they were in October 2018, when 67% expected it.
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