Search results for: “liberalism”

reportMar 26, 2024

Most Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana for Medical, Recreational Use

Americans largely favor legalization of the drug, including 57% who say it should be legal for both medical and recreational use.
reportMay 25, 2022

What Do Americans Know About International Affairs?

Older Americans, those with more education and men tend to score better on our 12-question quiz about international knowledge. Republicans and Democrats have roughly the same levels of international knowledge, while conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats tend to score better than their more moderate counterparts.
reportAug 16, 2023

For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun

Gun owners in the United States continue to cite protection far more than other factors, including hunting and sport shooting, as a major reason they own a gun. About half of Americans who don’t own a gun say they could never see themselves owning one (52%) while nearly as many could imagine themselves as gun owners in the future (47%).
reportApr 23, 2024

What Are Americans’ Top Foreign Policy Priorities?

The majority of Americans say preventing terrorism and reducing the flow of illegal drugs into the country are top foreign policy priorities.
reportApr 26, 2023

Nearly a Year After Roe’s Demise, Americans’ Views of Abortion Access Increasingly Vary by Where They Live

In states where abortion is prohibited, the share of people who say access to abortion should be easier has increased since August 2019. A majority of residents in those states say it would be difficult to get an abortion in the area where they live today, up 21 points from four years ago.
reportMar 8, 2023

Methodology

Pew Research Center contracted Ipsos Mori to run a series of focus groups exploring young adults’ attitudes toward international engagement and their country’s historic role in the world. The analysis presented in this report is intended to provide insight into these topics and is not meant to be an exhaustive representation of public opinion on […]
reportFeb 2, 2022

Public’s Views of Supreme Court Turned More Negative Before News of Breyer’s Retirement

Today, 54% of U.S. adults say they have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, while 44% have an unfavorable view. And 84% say justices should not bring their political views into decisions.
reportApr 6, 2022

Seven-in-Ten Americans Now See Russia as an Enemy

Attitudes toward NATO have grown more positive: 67% express a favorable opinion of the organization, up from 61% in 2021.
reportSep 19, 2022

Modest Declines in Positive Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ in U.S.

Americans see capitalism as giving people more opportunity and more freedom than socialism, while they see socialism as more likely to meet people’s basic needs, though these perceptions differ significantly by party. Many Democrats say socialism meets people’s basic needs; Republicans say it restricts individual freedoms.
reportNov 9, 2021

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology

Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.

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Search results for: “liberalism”

Most Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana for Medical, Recreational Use

What Do Americans Know About International Affairs?

For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun

What Are Americans’ Top Foreign Policy Priorities?

Nearly a Year After Roe’s Demise, Americans’ Views of Abortion Access Increasingly Vary by Where They Live

Methodology

Public’s Views of Supreme Court Turned More Negative Before News of Breyer’s Retirement

Seven-in-Ten Americans Now See Russia as an Enemy

Modest Declines in Positive Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ in U.S.

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology

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