Wide differences on most gun policies between gun owners and non-owners, but also some agreement
U.S. gun owners have long favored more permissive gun policies while adults who do not own guns have tended to favor more restrictive ones.
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U.S. gun owners have long favored more permissive gun policies while adults who do not own guns have tended to favor more restrictive ones.
When it comes to abortion, members of Congress are starkly divided by party. Yet the partisan divide among Americans themselves is less stark.
Hundreds of local and regional radio and television stations comprise the U.S. public media system.
A majority of Americans consider climate change a priority today so that future generations can have a sustainable planet, and this view is held across generations. Looking to the future, the public is closely divided on what it will take to address climate change: While about half say it’s likely major lifestyle changes in the […]
The economy is clearly the top issue for voters; fully 79% say it will be very important to their voting decisions – the highest share among 18 issues included on the survey. The public continues to take a dim view of current economic conditions. Just 17% of U.S. adults say the economy is in excellent or good shape, little changed from the 13% who said this in July.
Workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, or DEI, are increasingly becoming part of national political debates. For a majority of employed U.S. adults (56%), focusing on increasing DEI at work is a good thing. But relatively small shares of workers place a lot of importance on diversity at their workplace.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
The percentage of Americans following news of the pandemic very closely has slipped to its lowest level since the beginning of the outbreak.
Despite the growth of commercial sports betting, the most common way that Americans bet on sports is with friends or family.
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