Political Attitudes and Values

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.

Fact TankMay 30, 2018

Here are some key facts about how supporters of Italy's populist Five Star Movement and League parties stand out from the rest of the Italian public.

Fact TankMay 24, 2018

As the U.S. is on track to admit its smallest number of refugees in decades, opinions about whether the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees have become more polarized.

Fact TankMay 23, 2018

While white Democrats are less likely to be religious than Republicans, nonwhite Democrats more closely resemble Republicans overall on certain religious measures.

ReportMay 17, 2018

Findings about news media views and habits in Western Europe from a survey about media, political attitudes and populist views in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Fact SheetMay 17, 2018

Findings about news media views and habits in Western Europe from a survey about media, political attitudes and populist views in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Fact TankMay 17, 2018

While Americans say their nation’s colleges compare relatively well with those in other countries, they offer more negative assessments of U.S. public schools.

Fact TankMay 16, 2018

Republicans and Democrats give their own parties only mixed ratings for how well they do in standing up for some of their parties’ traditional positions.

ReportMay 14, 2018

Ratings on how well the media perform on several core functions, like investigating the actions of the government and getting the facts right, differ between those who hold populist views and those who do not.

FeatureMay 14, 2018

Explore where users of news outlets in eight Western European countries place these outlets on a left-right spectrum, based on their perception of their ideological leanings.

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