Political Attitudes and Values

Every year, we publish hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies. Here are some of our most noteworthy findings from the past year.

Two-thirds of Americans say marijuana use should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade.

Trump has evoked strong feelings as president – both positive and negative. How would you feel discussing him at a dinner party with a group of people who have opposing views from your own? In this interactive, see how your views compare with those of other Americans.

Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than white Americans to say it’s acceptable for professional athletes to publicly address political issues.

There is widespread, consistent pessimism among Argentines about the nation’s direction. Many say the country’s economic situation is bad.

Despite broadly positive sentiments among Germans about the changes of the past 30 years, views differ in some notable ways in the former West and East.

Americans and Western Europeans largely agree about what is important for democracy, but they put greater emphasis on these principles than Central and Eastern Europeans.

Read key takeaways from a new survey that explores European attitudes three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Thirty years ago, a wave of optimism swept across Europe as walls and regimes fell, and long-oppressed publics embraced open societies, open markets and a more united Europe. Three decades later, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that few people in the former Eastern Bloc regret the monumental changes of 1989-1991.

Division and animosity between the two political parties in the U.S. has deepened. Most partisans view the other side as ‘closed-minded’; Republicans see Democrats as ‘unpatriotic.'