4. Views of local news
Despite declining public attention to local news, most believe local news outlets are at least somewhat important to their community.
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Views are split by political party, but support for legal abortion has risen modestly in both groups since before the 2022 Dobbs decision.
While trust in the federal government hovers near a historic low, public views of Congress, the Supreme Court and the president also are quite negative. However, people’s ratings of the job performance of their own congressional representative – in contrast with views of Congress as a whole – are more positive than negative. Their assessments […]
Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines.