Heading into midterms, Americans still as bummed out as they were in 2012, 2010
Despite somewhat better feelings about the economy, Americans’ collective mood is much the same as it was ahead of the last two general elections.
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Despite somewhat better feelings about the economy, Americans’ collective mood is much the same as it was ahead of the last two general elections.
For Pew Research’s 10-year anniversary, here’s a list of 10 big research questions we’ve answered over the years that speak to broad ways that America and the world is changing.
Midway through its second and final year, the 113th Congress remains one of the least legislatively productive in recent history.
Americans with young children in their home are just as likely as other adults to have a gun in their household.
Faced with overcrowded prisons and soaring correctional costs, states are rethinking how to define and punish drug crimes.
As the U.S. explores a Russian plan for securing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, it does so at a time when the American public is skeptical about Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin.
More than half of Americans express a favorable view of their state government.
The public has long expressed a more negative opinion of “the government” than of the departments and agencies that actually carry out the work of government.
The federal debt ceiling is nearly $16.7 trillion.
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