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Support for expanding nuclear power is up in both parties since 2020
About six-in-ten U.S. adults now say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity, up from 43% in 2020.
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Key facts about the U.S. Black population
Utah saw the fastest growth in its Black population between 2010 and 2024, with an increase of 104%.
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Appendix C: Codebook
Below are the instructions given to researchers who coded the responses to the open-ended question. Keywords listed with each code represent examples indicating how a unit of information could be coded and are not a complete list of all concepts per code. We asked respondents in 24 countries what they think would help improve the […]
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4. LGBTQ identities
To better understand how LGBTQ adults identify, we asked respondents three separate questions: When it comes to sexual orientation, more than half of LGBTQ adults (55%) describe themselves as bisexual. Four-in-ten are gay or lesbian, while small shares are straight (1%) or something else (3%). About one-in-ten LGBTQ adults (9%) are transgender. This includes 4% […]
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Canadians’ opinions of the U.S. and its president are at or near historic lows
About a third of Canadians (34%) have a favorable opinion of the United States today. This is down 20 percentage points since last year.
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Congress has long struggled to pass spending bills on time
Congress has passed all its required appropriations measures on time only four times in nearly five decades.
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Most Americans say undocumented immigrants should be able to stay legally under certain conditions
Among those who support mass deportations, 43% also say undocumented immigrants should have a way to stay in the country legally.
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3. Are ‘nones’ less involved in civic life than people who identify with a religion?
Survey data shows that religious “nones” are, on average, less civically and politically engaged than people who identify with a religion. But the differences are often modest and tend to be concentrated among the subset of “nones” who describe their religion as “nothing in particular.” Indeed, by several measures, atheists and agnostics are about as […]
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4. Are all ‘nones’ nonbelievers?
Not all ‘nones’ are nonbelievers. Far from it. While the “nones” include many nonbelievers, 70% of “nones” say they believe in God or another higher power, and 63% say they believe in spiritual forces beyond the natural world. Overall, 19% of religious “nones” are strict nonbelievers who don’t believe in God or any higher power, […]
