37% of Americans have a negative view of the impact of same-sex marriage being legal, with 19% saying it is very bad for society.

Americans are closely divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much, too little or about the right amount of time in prison.

A new study of posts on popular public Facebook pages about the early days of the Biden administration finds that the focus of these posts, as well as the assessments of the new president, differed widely by the ideological orientation of the pages.

Nearly all Democrats (92%) support a U.S. role in international efforts to reduce climate change impacts, as do 53% of Republicans.

Around four-in-ten Black adults in the United States (39%) say Black Lives Matter has done the most to help Black people in recent years.

A majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases; 37% think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.

44% of the public says the Senate should definitely (24%) or probably (20%) confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

A majority of Americans (68%) believe major technology companies have too much power and influence in the economy.

There is no public consensus on whether greater social acceptance of transgender people is good or bad for society.

When Republicans take stock of the national climate for political discourse, they see a much more hospitable environment for Democrats.