Most U.S. presidents have been in their 50s at inauguration
The median age for all U.S. presidents on the day of their first inauguration is 55 years old.
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The median age for all U.S. presidents on the day of their first inauguration is 55 years old.
Here are key findings from our research on the relationship between religion and government in the U.S. and Americans’ views on the issue.
While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
The 117th Congress’ total legislative output stands at 36 laws – only 30 of which count, by our criteria, as substantive legislation.
No lame-duck session in the nearly 5 decades for which data is available has been as legislatively productive as that of the 116th Congress.
Although Catholicism has long been one of the largest U.S. religious groups, John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden are the only Catholic presidents.
Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
About eight-in-ten Latino registered voters and U.S. voters overall rate the economy as very important to their vote.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
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