Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The public continues to express mixed opinions about the United States’ standing in the world. About half (52%) say the U.S. is “one of” the world’s greatest nations, while 32% say it “stands above” all others. Relatively few (15%) say there are countries that are better than the United States. Most Americans are not highly […]
Survey Report Next week, Republican voters will begin the process of selecting their party’s 2016 presidential nominee. One of the major questions will be which GOP voters turn out, and which stay home. A person’s past voting history can be a powerful predictor of future turnout. A new analysis of the Republican electorate in 2012, […]
There are deep divisions in Israeli society over political values and religion’s role in public life — not only between Jews and the Arab minority, but also among the religious subgroups that make up Israeli Jewry.
Overview A year ahead of the presidential election, the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and the nation’s elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar. Currently, just 19% say they can trust the government always or most of the time, among the lowest levels in the past half-century. Only 20% […]
Overall, more Americans now identify as politically liberal than did so when the Religious Landscape Study was first conducted, while fewer U.S. adults identify themselves as political moderates. Religious “nones” are more likely than those in many Christian traditions to describe themselves as politically liberal; indeed, 39% of religious “nones” now describe themselves as liberals. […]
Field dates: 10/16/13 – 11/3/13 Respondents: Nationally-representative sample of 701 Latinos ages 18 and older. Margin of Error: +/- 4.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence interval. This survey focused on politics, attitudes regarding immigration legislation, illegal immigration, and naturalization.
Field dates: 10/16/13 – 10/31/13 Respondents: Nationally-representative sample of 802 Asian Americans ages 18 and older. Margin of Error: +/- 5.0 percentage points at the 95% confidence interval. This survey focused on politics, attitudes regarding immigration legislation, illegal immigration, and naturalization.