Growing share of Americans say they want more spending on police in their area
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
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America’s public school teachers are far less racially and ethnically diverse than their students
While the share of Black, Hispanic and Asian American teachers has increased, it hasn’t kept pace with the growth in the diversity of students.
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Developing survey questions on sensitive topics in India
Asking balanced questions required investing considerable time and effort into developing and testing the questionnaire.
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Americans with disabilities less likely than those without to own some digital devices
The digital divide between Americans who have a disability and Americans who do not remains for some devices.
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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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Americans differ from people in other societies over some aspects of U.S. ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ power
While Americans see some aspects of U.S. power more positively than people elsewhere, they offer more negative views in other areas.
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For American couples, gender gaps in sharing household responsibilities persist amid pandemic
Among all married or cohabiting adults, 53% say things in their marriage or relationship currently are going very well.
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Two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to retain major political role; 44% want him to run again in 2024
About a third of Republicans (32%) say they would not like Donald Trump to remain a national political figure for many years to come.
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Americans who relied most on Trump for COVID-19 news among least likely to be vaccinated
Looking at respondents to 2020 and 2021 surveys reveals differences in vaccination rates based on where people turned most for COVID-19 news.
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4. Americans cautious about the deployment of driverless cars
Driverless cars may evoke images from sci-fi films to Saturday morning cartoons, but the prospect is hardly remote now. While Americans today cannot purchase a fully autonomous vehicle, there are some cars that already operate with minimal human assistance and others that are expected to be able to run without human drivers in the future. […]