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Several proposals related to voting policy draw majority support from the public. Still, only a handful – including automatically updating the voter registrations of people when they move and paper backups of electronic ballots – draw widespread support from both Republicans and Democrats. Others are favored more by one partisan group than the other. An […]
Americans are generally concerned over the potential for eligible voters being denied the opportunity to vote and those ineligible to vote being able to cast ballots. But more say they would consider a situation of eligible voters not being allowed to vote a major problem than say that about a situation in which ineligible voters […]
The public is not highly confident that election systems in the U.S. are secure from hacking and other technological threats. Currently, 45% of Americans say they are at least somewhat confident that U.S. election systems are secure, though just 8% say they are very confident in the security of these systems and 55% say they […]
Bialik, Kristen. Feb. 15, 2018. “Most immigrants arrested by ICE have prior criminal convictions, a big change from 2009.” Pew Research Center. Bialik, Kristen. Feb. 8, 2018. “ICE arrests went up in 2017, with biggest increases in Florida, northern Texas, Oklahoma.” Pew Research Center Brown, Anna. June 26, 2014. “U.S. Hispanic and Asian populations growing, […]
Many of the experts in this canvassing said power dynamics play a key role in technology development and social and civic innovation and have substantial impact in regard to broad societal issues. These experts highlighted the discrepancies they see in regard to who has access to power and who controls the instruments of power. Some […]
In broad terms, the public backs doing more to make it easy to vote in the U.S. And most do not believe that making it easier to vote necessarily compromises election security. But while the public favors making it easier to vote, there is little support for the idea that voting in the U.S. should […]
Republicans and Democrats hardly see eye-to-eye in their views of the news media. For example, Republicans are more likely to say news coverage favors one side, and they have less trust in information from news organizations. Overall, Republicans are more concerned and pessimistic about the issue of made-up news and information than Democrats, and this […]
