About six-in-ten Americans say legalization of same-sex marriage is good for society
37% of Americans have a negative view of the impact of same-sex marriage being legal, with 19% saying it is very bad for society.
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37% of Americans have a negative view of the impact of same-sex marriage being legal, with 19% saying it is very bad for society.
A year later, here’s a look back at how Americans saw the events of Jan. 6 and how some partisan divisions grew wider over time.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
Only a small share of Americans have heard a lot about redistricting in their state and a majority are not sure how they feel.
An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.
A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
Ahead of the 2020 U.S. election, here’s a look at how elections are run in the United States and other countries around the world.
Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
Kamala Harris’ election represented an advance in the progress Black Americans have made in recent decades in political leadership.
Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
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