Americans differ by party, ideology over the impact of social media on U.S. democracy
74% of Republicans say social media has been more of a bad thing for U.S. democracy, compared with a smaller majority of Democrats (57%).
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74% of Republicans say social media has been more of a bad thing for U.S. democracy, compared with a smaller majority of Democrats (57%).
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A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
Only three-in-ten Americans say it is a very serious problem for the United States if Xi Jinping assumes a third term as China’s leader.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
U.S. Hispanics’ policy views do not always align with those of non-Latinos in the same party, recent surveys have found.
The share of Americans with a favorable opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to its lowest point in public opinion surveys dating to 1987.
In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
Americans support banning TikTok by a more than two-to-one margin, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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