Political Attitudes and Values

Fact TankAugust 17, 2018

Americans and Western Europeans have broadly similar views on certain social and political issues. For example, majorities of Americans and Western Europeans see immigrants as beneficial to their economies and support certain rights for gays and lesbians.

Fact TankAugust 15, 2018

A small share of the public – 14% – say they have changed their views about a political or social issue in the past year because of something they saw on social media.

Fact TankJuly 25, 2018

For the average moderate legislator, about 54% of a member’s Facebook posts discussed local issues between 2015 and 2017. But for the average very liberal or very conservative legislator, just 38% of posts dealt with local issues.

Fact TankJuly 19, 2018

Americans’ views of the new tariffs between the United States and some of its trading partners tilt more negative than positive.

Fact TankJuly 19, 2018

Nostalgia, ethnocentrism and a belief that Islam is incompatible with a country’s culture and values also factor into nationalist populism in Europe.

Fact TankJuly 12, 2018

People with populist views in Western Europe are more likely than those with mainstream views to distrust traditional institutions. While populist attitudes span the ideological spectrum in Western Europe, populist political parties are relatively unpopular in the region.

ReportJuly 12, 2018

Regardless of populist sentiments, people in Western Europe tend to favor parties that reflect their own ideological orientation. With regard to policy, too, ideology continues to matter.

Fact TankJune 26, 2018

Of the 73 regular and special Senate elections that have been held since 2013, 69 were won by candidates belonging to the party that won that state's most recent presidential race.

Fact TankJune 14, 2018

About six-in-ten U.S. adults say that the growing racial and ethnic diversity in America makes the country a better place to live.

Fact TankJune 11, 2018

Public support for the death penalty, which reached a four-decade low in 2016, has increased somewhat since then. Since 2016, opinions among Republicans and Democrats have changed little, but the share of independents favoring the death penalty has increased 8 percentage points.

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