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    8. News influencers on TikTok

    News influencers on TikTok stand out from other sites for having a smaller gender gap and being more balanced in political leanings.

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    6. News influencers on Facebook

    Far more of the site’s news influencers explicitly identify with the political right than left, and two-thirds are men.

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    1. Views of the United States

    Across 24 nations, a 49% median view the U.S. favorably, while an identical share do not. People are also roughly split on whether U.S. democracy works well.

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    3. Confidence in Trump to handle global issues

    On balance, most people across 24 nations are not confident in Trump to handle immigration, conflict in Ukraine and Israel, China relations, the global economy, and climate change.

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    1. The Republican presidential nomination

    Donald Trump is the first choice of roughly half (52%) of Republican and Republican-leaning independent registered voters for the Republican nomination for president in 2024. Far smaller shares name Ron DeSantis (14%), Nikki Haley (11%), Vivek Ramaswamy (3%) or Chris Christie (1%) as their top choice. About two-in-ten GOP voters (18%) name another person, report […]

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    2. Assessments of Joe Biden

    A third of Americans currently say they approve of Joe Biden’s job performance as president, while nearly two-thirds (64%) say they disapprove. This is little changed over the last year. Around six-in-ten Democrats and Democratic leaners (61%) say they approve of Biden’s job performance, compared with 7% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Biden’s job approval […]

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    4. Views on the importance of religion to national identity

    Across the 21 countries where we asked this question, the role of religion in national identity varies widely by country. Majorities in 12 countries – most of which are high-income – say being part of the country’s main religious group is not an important piece of national identity. In the other nine countries where we asked […]

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    Brazil blocks X

    Plus, support for U.S. TikTok ban continues to decline

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    1. Who are the ‘nones’? How are they defined?

    Religious “nones” are people who describe themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” when asked about their religious affiliation in our surveys. To measure religious affiliation in the United States, we asked: “What is your present religion, if any?” followed by a list of options: Respondents who choose atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” […]