Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say?
With Election Day approaching, here’s a closer look at voter attitudes on violent crime and an analysis of the nation’s violent crime rate.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
With Election Day approaching, here’s a closer look at voter attitudes on violent crime and an analysis of the nation’s violent crime rate.
Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Nearly all Democrats (92%) support a U.S. role in international efforts to reduce climate change impacts, as do 53% of Republicans.
58% of Americans see NATO favorably, down 4 points since 2023. Democrats and Republicans are increasingly divided on the alliance and on Ukraine aid.
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.
Americans see China as a growing superpower – and increasingly say it is the world’s leading economy.
Americans and Israelis now see one another’s leaders more negatively than in the recent past, and other key views have shifted as well.
Americans are closely divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much, too little or about the right amount of time in prison.
Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
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