Americans and affirmative action: How the public sees the consideration of race in college admissions, hiring
Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
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Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
At least 20 nations preceded the U.S. in granting women the right to vote, according to an analysis of measures in 198 countries and territories.
Nearly seven-in-ten registered voters say postponing state primary elections has been a necessary step to address the coronavirus outbreak.
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
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