Republicans and Democrats have different top priorities for U.S. immigration policy
There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
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There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
What do poll workers do, and how many typically help in general elections? Read about state requirements for these temporary election staffers and more.
In the vast majority of the 24 countries surveyed, politicians are the most common subject of proposals to improve democracy. Some call for different types of people to enter the political arena, while others simply want their current politicians to perform better. Many want their leaders to pay closer attention to and respond more appropriately […]
The joint federal-state health insurance program covered 71.4 million Americans as of January 2025.
As the debate over the future of Title 42 unfolds, here are answers to key questions about the immigration policy.
Government restrictions on religion, by region Globally, the median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) fell from 2.9 in 2019, which was a peak level for the study, to 2.8 in 2020. Regionally, the median GRI score declined slightly in the Middle East-North Africa, remained constant in the Americas, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, and […]
In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses.
Both the number and share of new college graduates with a bachelor’s degree in education have decreased over the last few decades.
Most K-12 students at U.S. public schools have a school year of about 180 days, but when that year starts and ends varies substantially by region.
The Census Bureau estimates there were 65.2 million Hispanics in the U.S. as of July 2023, a new high. They made up more than 19% of the nation’s population.
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