What does it mean to ‘do your own research,’ and how often do Americans do it?
Nearly all Americans say it’s at least somewhat important for people to do their own research to check the accuracy of news they get.
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Methodology
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 182 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oct. 20 to 26, 2025. A total of 5,111 panelists responded out of 5,866 who were sampled, for […]
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About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates, Social Research Centre and Verian. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample […]
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A look at historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S.
Historically Black colleges and universities continue to play an important role in U.S. higher education.
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Appendix B: Political categorization
For this analysis, we grouped people into two political categories: those who support the governing political party (or parties) in their country, and those who do not. These categories were coded based on the party or parties in power at the time the survey was fielded and on respondents’ answers to a question asking which […]
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Behind Trump’s 2024 Victory, a More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Voter Coalition
Pew Research Center’s in-depth study of its survey respondents who voted in the 2024 election examines turnout, voting patterns and demographics.
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Pope Francis and public opinion: Key findings from our surveys
At least 80% of Catholics have expressed a favorable opinion of Pope Francis in 10 of the 15 U.S. surveys in which we have asked about the pope since 2013.
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Most Americans continue to favor raising taxes on corporations, higher-income households
Democrats are overwhelmingly supportive of raising taxes on these groups, while Republicans are more divided.
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The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 191 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted April 6-12, 2026. A total of 3,592 panelists responded out of 3,775 who were sampled, for a survey-level response […]
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10 facts about Cubans in the U.S.
Millions of people living in the U.S. trace their origins to Cuba. They make up the third-largest Hispanic origin group in the U.S., after Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.
