Major TV networks to push for Biden-Trump debates
Plus, Americans’ views of election information from ChatGPT
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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More Countries Had Elevated Levels of Social Hostilities Involving Religion in 2023
The number of countries with high or very high social hostilities rose for the third year in a row; government interference in worship also increased.
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Restrictions on religion rose in most regions in 2023 but declined in sub-Saharan Africa
Median levels of government restrictions and social hostilities rose in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa.
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Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology
Our typology sorts the public into nine groups based on their political and cultural values, not their party – painting a picture of American politics with far more than two colors.
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1. Views of the Israel-Hamas war
At the time of the survey in March and early April, Israelis voiced differing views of the war. Reactions to the military response against Hamas were generally mixed, as were attitudes toward the principal decision-makers – the three members of Israel’s war cabinet. However, most Israelis shared concerns that the war could expand across the […]
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Most countries don’t observe daylight saving time
Only about a third of the world’s countries practice daylight saving time, and the vast majority of them are in Europe.
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3. Median scores for government restrictions and social hostilities stay the same in 2022
In 2022, global median scores on the Center’s Government Restrictions and Social Hostilities Indexes mirrored 2021. But some regions saw change since 2021.
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Harassment of religious groups around the world in 2023
Religious groups faced harassment in 192 of 198 countries and territories, matching a previous high from 2022.
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How U.S. Public Opinion Has Changed in 20 Years of Our Surveys
We took a closer look at how Americans’ views and experiences have evolved on a variety of topics over the last 20 years.
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4. Restrictions in the 25 most populous countries
CORRECTION (Dec. 19, 2025): Some of the text in Chapter 4 has been corrected with updated SHI figures for 2019. Germany is now described as experiencing a “modest decrease,” rather than a “large decline,” in its SHI score between 2019 and 2020. Refer to the errata page for details. More than 5 billion people – almost three-quarters of […]
