More than a year and a half into the coronavirus outbreak, large shares of Americans continue to see the coronavirus as a major threat to public health and the U.S. economy, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Despite widespread vaccination efforts, 54% of U.S. adults say the worst of the outbreak is still […]
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Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 03, 2020) – As vaccines for the coronavirus enter review for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 60% of Americans say they would definitely or probably get a vaccine for the coronavirus if one were available today, up from 51% who said this in September, according to a new […]
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Pew Research: Large Shares of Voters Plan To Vote a Straight Party Ticket for President, Senate and House
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 21, 2020) – In an era of increasing partisanship, split-ticket voting continues to be rare in U.S. politics. With control of the Senate at stake on Nov. 3, a new Pew Research Center analysis finds that just 4% of registered voters in states with a Senate contest say they will support Donald […]
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Two-thirds of Americans think government should do more on climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 23, 2020 – A majority of Americans (63%) continue to say they see the effects of climate change in their own communities, and 65% believe that the federal government is doing too little to reduce the impacts of climate change, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. At a time when […]
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Even Before Iowa, Caucuses Were on Their Way Out
February 10, 2020 – It didn’t take the high-profile disaster that was last week’s Iowa caucus for state political parties to move away from the party-run presidential preference system. Even before the Iowa debacle, caucuses were on their way out across the country. Ten states that hosted caucuses in 2016 — Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, […]
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What Americans Know About the Holocaust
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 22, 2020) – Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that most U.S. adults know what the Holocaust was and approximately when it happened, but fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who […]
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In a Politically Polarized Era, Sharp Divides in Both Partisan Coalitions
WASHINGTON, D.C. Dec. 17, 2019 – Partisanship continues to be the dividing line in the American public’s political attitudes, far surpassing differences by age, race and ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, religious affiliation or other factors, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Yet there are substantial divisions within both parties on fundamental political values, views […]
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Pew: Most Americans Say the Current Economy is Helping the Rich, Hurting the Poor and Middle Class
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 11, 2019) – A new Pew Research Center survey finds that public assessments of the economy are mixed, differ significantly by household income, and are strongly linked to partisanship. Majorities of upper-income (71%) and middle-income U.S. adults (60%) say current economic conditions are excellent or good, but only about four-in-ten lower-income adults […]
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In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 17, 2019) – Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 points over the past decade, based on Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious […]
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Public Highly Critical of State of Political Discourse in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 19, 2018 – Large majorities say the tone and nature of political debate in the United States has become more negative in recent years – as well as less respectful, less fact-based and less substantive, according to a new national survey by Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, people’s everyday conversations about politics and other […]
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Trump’s Staunch GOP Supporters Have Roots in the Tea Party
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 16, 2019 – A decade after the tea party emerged as a political force, its former supporters are some of Donald Trump’s most stalwart Republican supporters, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center panel surveys from 2014 through 2018. Republicans who had a positive view of the tea party movement […]
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Public’s 2019 Priorities: Economy, Health Care, Education and Security All Near Top of List
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 24, 2019) –At the outset of Donald Trump’s third year in office, the public’s to-do list for the president and the 116th Congress spans domains with the economy, health care costs, education and preventing terrorism all cited as top priorities by majorities of Americans, according to a new national survey by Pew […]
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Teens’ Social Media Habits and Experiences
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 28, 2018) – Teens credit social media with helping them build stronger friendships and exposing them to a more diverse world, but they also express concern that these online platforms lead to drama and social pressure, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center. The nationally representative survey of U.S. teens […]
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U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Total Dips to Lowest Level in a Decade
WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 27, 2018 – The number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. fell to 10.7 million the lowest level since 2004, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on 2016 government data. The total, which is down from a peak of 12.2 million in 2007, is due almost entirely to a sharp […]
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Where Americans Find Meaning in Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 20, 2018) – To tackle the complex question of where Americans find meaning in life, Pew Research Center conducted two separate surveys in late 2017. The first included an open-ended question asking Americans to describe in their own words what makes their lives feel meaningful, fulfilling or satisfying. This approach gives respondents […]
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Pew survey on Elections in America: Concerns Over Security, Divisions Over Expanding Access to Voting
WASHINGTON, D.C. October 29, 2018 – With a week to go before Election Day, Americans are confident their local election authorities are up to the essential tasks of making sure that elections are run smoothly and that votes are counted accurately. Nearly nine-in-ten (89%) have confidence in poll workers in their community to do a […]
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Trump rated lower for trustworthiness than Obama, Bush, Clinton
WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 1, 2018 – Donald Trump receives generally negative ratings from the public across a range of personal traits and characteristics, according to a new national survey by Pew Research Center. Just 24% of Americans say Trump is even-tempered, while nearly three times as many (70%) say that description does not apply to […]
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Pew Research Center: A new way to categorize Americans by religion
WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 29, 2018 – Most U.S. adults identify with a particular religious denomination or group. They describe themselves as Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Jewish, Mormon or Muslim – to name just a few of the hundreds of identities or affiliations that people give in surveys. Others describe themselves as atheist, agnostic or say they […]
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Why Americans Go (and Don’t Go) to Religious Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 1, 2018) – In recent years, the percentage of U.S. adults who say they regularly attend religious services has been declining, while the share of Americans who attend only a few times a year, seldom or never has been growing. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that the main reason people […]
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Income Inequality in the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 13, 2018 – Income inequality has increased steadily in the U.S. since the 1970s, but it is rising fastest among Asians. As a result, Asians are now the most economically divided U.S. racial and ethnic group, displacing blacks, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Asians […]