J. Baxter Oliphant

The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.

A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump.

More Americans say the Biden administration made a "good faith" effort working with the opposition than say the same of GOP leaders.

Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.

More Americans also say evangelical Christians, business corporations and the military will lose than gain influence in Washington.

There are wide partisan gaps over most of the 19 items asked about – particularly addressing racial issues and dealing with global climate change.

68% of the public does not want Donald Trump to remain a major political figure in the future.

Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election.

Biden supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to be confident their news sources will make the right call in announcing a winner. And partisans remain worlds apart on how well the U.S. has controlled the coronavirus outbreak.