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Majorities of Americans continue to value government investments in scientific research and think it’s important for the United States to be a world leader in science. But Americans are largely pessimistic about the country’s progress internationally: Few believe the U.S. is gaining ground in scientific achievement compared with other countries around the world. About eight-in-ten […]
How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.
Africa is the only world region where the fertility rate is currently higher than the global replacement-level fertility.
Six months into his term, far more say President Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than making it better.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
Black voters are more confident in Biden than Trump when it comes to having the qualities needed to serve another term.
Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say the United States is providing too much support to Ukraine (42% vs. 13%).
The partisan gap in Republican and Democratic views of their parties’ futures (35 percentage points) is much larger than after any recent election.
49% of U.S. adults say Trump is trying to exercise more presidential power than previous presidents and that this is bad for the country.
Most White evangelicals (72%) say they approve of how Trump is doing as president. Other religious groups are more divided or disapprove.
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