Can Americans be optimistic about their democracy?
Americans’ grim political mood and desire for change show up across our surveys. But despite divisions, there are hopeful signs for the future.
There are wide differences in support for Biden and Trump by voters’ gender, age, race and ethnicity, and education.
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 153 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, 2024. A total of 9,720 panelists responded out of 10,645 who were sampled, […]
A majority of Americans say freedom of the press is important to the well-being of society; college graduates are most likely to say this.