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The general public is closely divided when it comes to the use of animals in research. Some 47% favor the practice, while and a nearly equal share (50%) oppose it. Support for animal research is down somewhat since 2009, when 52% of adults favored and 43% opposed the use of animals in scientific research. Gender, […]
Media Contact: Katherine Ritchey, Communications Manager 202-419-4372, kritchey@pewresearch.org Washington, June 16, 2015 — On the eve of a forthcoming encyclical by Pope Francis on the environment and climate change, a new Pew Research Center survey finds U.S. Catholics’ views on global warming are broadly reflective of American public opinion writ large; a solid majority believe that […]
Hillary Clinton’s favorability ratings have fluctuated substantially throughout her more than two decades in public life. Her ratings today are at the lowest level since her last presidential race in 2008. Read the report →
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted May 5-June 7, 2015 among a national sample of 5,122 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (1,800 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 3,322 were interviewed on a cellphone, including […]
Survey Report Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public’s concerns about terrorism have surged and positive ratings of the government’s handling of terrorism have plummeted. But other attitudes relating to terrorism and security, as well as perceptions of whether Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence, have […]