On the issue of gun control, Americans have become more conservative in recent years, with 49% now putting the priority on protecting the right of Americans to own guns.
Christianity is the dominant religion in the Americas, with 86% of the population, or 804,070,000 people identified as Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or some other Christian religious faith.
Most in the worldโs emerging economies rate their national economic situation as good, reflecting a much more positive outlook than in the United States or the European Union.
About half of Republicans agree that stricter laws and regulations are needed to protect the environment. Thatโs down 17 points since 2009 and down nearly 40 points since 1992.
As of January 2012, about two-in-ten Americans said they owned a tablet computer, nearly double the number that said they did before the holiday gift-giving season in December 2011.