New Survey Examines Public’s Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension Washington, D.C. — If new medical treatments could slow the aging process and allow people to live decades longer, to at least 120 years old, would you want to have the treatments? A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that […]
What are Americans’ views on other issues related to life and death? And how do these views relate to opinions about radical life extension? About half of U.S. adults (49%) say that having an abortion is morally wrong, while 15% say it is morally acceptable. About a quarter (23%) say having an abortion is not […]
The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from television, print, radio and internet outlets, and a declining share are doing so in Spanish, according to survey findings from the Pew Research Center.
Overview The public is divided over the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial and over the conversation about race that has surrounded it. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted July 17-21 among 1,480 adults nationwide finds roughly as many satisfied with the verdict in the case (39%) as dissatisfied […]
There is broad partisan agreement that it would be unrealistic to deport all undocumented immigrants. Fully 80% of Democrats express this view, as do 78% of independents and 76% of Republicans. And majorities across partisan lines also agree that it would better for the economy if undocumented immigrants became legal workers. In addition, 81% of […]
