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71% of Republican voters say their vote for Congress is “against Biden.”

With new 2022 survey results just around the corner, here are five of the many insights from the newly added data available on the database.

Here's a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.

While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.

Americans are increasingly critical of the response to COVID-19 from elected officeholders and public health officials. Positive ratings of public health officials, such as those at the CDC, have fallen 10 points since August. And 60% of U.S. adults say they’ve felt confused as a result of changes to recommendations on how to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Americans remain deeply divided about the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and the ongoing congressional investigation into what happened.

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

Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, his administration has acted on a number of fronts to reverse Trump-era restrictions on immigration.

Among U.S. adults overall, 35% say Obama has done the best job over the past 40 years, followed by Reagan (23%), Trump (17%) and Clinton (12%).

As 2021 draws to a close, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings from the past year.