3. How Americans feel about election coverage
Americans are divided on whether it’s easy to find reliable news about the 2024 presidential election. Republicans are more likely to think it’s difficult.
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1. International engagement and support for foreign aid
Americans are split on whether the U.S. should be active in world affairs or focus on problems at home. There are also partisan gaps in support for different foreign aid types.
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3. A profile of news influencers: Gender, politics and more
Almost two-thirds of news influencers are men. And except on TikTok, more influencers explicitly identify with the political right than the left.
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3. Views of Zelenskyy
Across 25 countries, a median of 45% have confidence in Zelenskyy, while an identical share do not. Ratings vary widely, from 85% confidence in Sweden to 19% in Greece.
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Appendix B: Classification of Protestant denominations
In the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), we group Protestant respondents into one of three “traditions” – the evangelical tradition, mainline tradition or the historically Black Protestant tradition – based on the specific denomination they identify with. For instance, all respondents who identify with the Southern Baptist Convention are classified as members of the evangelical Protestant […]
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The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources
Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to both use and trust many major news sources.
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3. Americans’ views of allies and threats
Which country poses the greatest threat to the U.S.? Roughly four-in-ten Americans (42%) say China poses the greatest threat to the U.S. when asked in an open-ended question. Russia is named by the next-largest share (25%). Smaller shares say no country (4%), the U.S. itself (3%) or Iran (2%) is the greatest threat. One-in-five say […]
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Americans expect corporations, the wealthy, White people and other groups to gain influence under Trump
Overwhelming majorities expect transgender people (84%) and gay and lesbian people (76%) to lose influence under Trump.
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Most Americans Now Say U.S. Foreign Policy Ignores the Interests of Other Countries
Partisans hold different views on whether the U.S. contributes to peace, considers other countries’ interests and garners respect around the world.
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