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    5. Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces

    We asked LGBTQ Americans some questions to better understand: Connections to a broader LGBTQ community About a quarter of LGBTQ adults (23%) say they feel extremely or very connected to a broader LGBTQ community. Another 42% feel somewhat connected, and 35% feel not too or not at all connected. Views on this vary by: How […]

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    7. Partisanship in rural, suburban and urban communities

    Voters’ partisanship has long varied by the type of community they live in. Those in urban counties mostly align with the Democratic Party, while the reverse is true among those in rural counties. In suburbs, where a majority of Americans live, voters’ partisanship is fairly evenly divided. There have been only modest changes in these […]

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    2. Americans’ views on local wind and solar power development

    Amid a major increase in renewable energy development across the country, some projects are facing resistance from local residents. In addition, there’s been a rise in the number of local regulations aimed at restricting or preventing renewable energy projects. The Pew Research Center survey explores how Americans would feel about a wind or solar power […]

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    Appendix A: Regression analyses

    The following table details the results of a series of statistical models predicting various measures related to people’s attitudes toward electric vehicles from a set of explanatory variables, or predictors. These models can be interpreted as estimating the effect of proximity to charging infrastructure on these outcomes of interest, while controlling for other factors related […]

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    2. Personal experiences with acceptance and discrimination

    We asked LGBTQ adults whether they feel accepted by their family, friends and co-workers, and about their experiences with discrimination based on their LGBTQ identity. Some LGBTQ adults are not out to different people in their lives. Varying shares say no one in each of the following groups knows about their sexual orientation or gender […]

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    Key facts about Americans and guns

    About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) favor stricter gun laws. Another 26% say that U.S. gun laws are about right, while 15% favor less strict gun laws.

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    8. Gun attitudes and the 2024 election

    Perhaps no topic divides voters more deeply than the role that firearms have in American life. By overwhelming margins, Joe Biden’s supporters prioritize gun control over gun rights and say gun ownership does more to reduce than increase safety; roughly eight-in-ten Biden supporters (83%) say the increase in guns in the U.S. is at least […]

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