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    Most Americans view openness to foreigners as ‘essential to who we are as a nation’

    For a large majority of Americans, the country’s openness to people from around the world “is essential to who we are as a nation.” In a new Pew Research Center survey, 68% say America’s openness to foreigners is a defining characteristic of the nation, while just 26% say “if America is too open to people from all over the world, we risk losing our identity as a nation.”

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted September 18-24, 2018 among a national sample of 1,754 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (439 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,315 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]

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    3. Hispanics have become more dissatisfied with direction of U.S.

    Hispanic dissatisfaction with the direction of the U.S. has grown markedly in the past year. This pessimism extends across different ages, educational levels and immigrant generations, with Democrats and women reporting some of the highest levels of dissatisfaction in 2018, according to the new Pew Research Center survey of Hispanic adults. Overall, Hispanics are now […]

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted September 18-24, 2018 among a national sample of 1,754 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (439 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,315 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]

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    Where Americans Find Meaning in Life

    Family is the most common source of meaning in America, but economic, religious and political divides shape where people find meaning in other aspects of life.

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    Methodology

    Data sources The data in this report are derived from the decennial census and the American Community Survey (ACS), both conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The decennial census (long form) is the source for the data for 1970 (1% Metro forms 1 and 2 sample), 1980 (5% state sample), 1990 (5% state sample) and […]

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    A Majority of Teens Have Experienced Some Form of Cyberbullying

    59% of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, and a similar share says it’s a major problem for people their age. At the same time, teens mostly think teachers, social media companies and politicians are failing at addressing this issue.

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on a nationally representative survey conducted from Feb. 22 to March 4, 2018, among 5,035 U.S. adults ages 18 years or older. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 1.5 percentage points. This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which […]

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    An examination of the 2016 electorate, based on validated voters

    One of the biggest challenges facing those who seek to understand U.S. elections is establishing an accurate portrait of the American electorate and the choices made by different kinds of voters. Obtaining accurate data on how people voted is difficult for a number of reasons. Surveys conducted before an election can overstate – or understate […]