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Hannah Hartig

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Hannah Hartig is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center, where she primarily studies U.S. political attitudes and voting behavior. She has authored analyses on topics including domestic opinions of the U.S., voter turnout in 2020 and views of abortion. Prior to joining the Center, she was director of research at the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She regularly discusses the Center’s political research with the news media and has served as an election night exit poll analyst for NBC News since 2014. Hartig received her bachelor’s in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and master’s degree in quantitative politics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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short readsJan 25, 2022

Americans broadly negative about the state of the nation, but most see a better year ahead

A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
reportJan 25, 2022

Biden Starts Year Two With Diminished Public Support and a Daunting List of Challenges

Americans’ views of the economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved.
videoJan 5, 2022

Trust in America: Do Americans trust their elections?

The complexity of the overall system, varying rules on how and when you can vote, and whether the candidate you support wins or loses all impact trust in the election process.
short readsDec 16, 2021

Younger Americans still more likely than older adults to say there are other countries better than the U.S.

Young people in the United States express far more skeptical views of America’s global standing than older adults.
decodedSep 30, 2021

Validating 2020 voters in Pew Research Center’s survey data

Surveys that ask about voting can be made more accurate by validating respondents’ self-reported turnout with official voting records.
reportSep 28, 2021

Declining Share of Republicans Say It Is Important To Prosecute Jan. 6 Rioters

There is a wide partisan split on the fairness of the House committee’s probe.
reportSep 23, 2021

Biden Loses Ground With the Public on Issues, Personal Traits and Job Approval

Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.
data essaySep 2, 2021

Two Decades Later, the Enduring Legacy of 9/11

Twenty years ago, Americans came together – bonded by sadness and patriotism – after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But a review of public opinion in the two decades since finds that unity was fleeting. It also shows how support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was strong initially but fell over time.
reportAug 12, 2021

Deep Divisions in Americans’ Views of Nation’s Racial History – and How To Address It

Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say increased attention to the history of slavery and racism is bad for the country.
short readsAug 11, 2021

Democrats overwhelmingly favor free college tuition, while Republicans are divided by age, education

Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor the proposal.