Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Correction (Oct. 20, 2016): In the table titled “Top countries of birth of unauthorized immigrants, by state, 2014,” the share of the total U.S. unauthorized immigrant population that is from Mexico was changed to 52% (from 53%) due to a rounding error.
From the site’s beginning through the end of this study period – September 2011 to July 3, 2016 – there have been a total of 4,799 petitions submitted by the public that received at least 150 signatures and are included in the site’s archive. That works out to an average of about 83 petitions per […]
Nearly a month after Donald Trump’s election as president, the public views his transition to the White House less positively than those of past presidents-elect.
In addition to measuring the overall volume of petitions on “We the People,” Pew Research Center also conducted a content analysis to determine which issues resonated with users of the site.[4. numoffset=”4″ In this analysis, researchers coded up to two different topics for each petition. See the methodology for details.] This analysis finds that a few […]