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COVID-19 deaths have declined in Democratic congressional districts since mid-April, but remained relatively steady in districts controlled by Republicans.
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Republicans, by about 8-to-1, say the news media has a negative effect on the way things are going in the U.S.
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Millennials in America are more likely to have visited a public library in the past year than any other adult generation.
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Nearly nine-in-ten Black adults say policing (87%), the courts and judicial process (86%), and the prison system (86%) require major changes or need to be completely rebuilt for Black people to be treated fairly.
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Biden will take office with relatively strong performance ratings: 58% of Americans approve of the job he has done in explaining his plans and policies, 57% approve of his Cabinet choices and 46% expect him to improve the way the federal government works.
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NEW: 23% of U.S. Hispanics have heard of the gender-neutral pan-ethnic label, Latinx, but just 3% say they use it to describe themselves. 1/
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% of young adults who oppose gay marriage in: 🇬🇪Georgia 94% 🇷🇺Russia 86% 🇺🇦Ukraine 82% 🇭🇺Hungary 52% 🇬🇷Greece 51% 🇵🇱Poland 50% 🇮🇪Ireland 20% 🇫🇷France 17% 🇩🇪Germany 15% 🇳🇴Norway 14% 🇬🇧UK 13% 🇫🇮Finland 12% 🇪🇸Spain 7% 🇸🇪Sweden 5%
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Most Americans with college degrees say going to college helped them grow personally and intellectually. Did you go to college? Was this true for you, too?
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Chart: The distribution of skin color among U.S. Hispanics
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Whites are the only major demographic group in which more approve than disapprove of Donald Trump
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77% of Black Americans say voting is a right for every U.S. citizen and should not be restricted, as do 63% of Hispanic Americans and 66% of Asian Americans. White Americans are divided: 51% say voting is a right, while 48% say it is a privilege.
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Defining generations: Starting today, Pew Research Center will define Millennials as those born between 1981 and 1996. We will consider those born from 1997 onward as part of a new, post-Millennial generation.
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Today, India’s Muslims almost unanimously say they’re very proud to be Indian (95%) and they express great enthusiasm for Indian culture: 85% agree with the statement that “Indian people are not perfect, but Indian culture is superior to others.”
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Share of Americans who say: ▪️ "If America is too open to people from around the world, we risk losing our identity as a nation" 𝟐𝟔% ▪️ "America's openness to people from all over the world is essential to who we are as a nation" 𝟔𝟖%
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When asked whether the U.S. should prioritize economic relations with China or promote human rights in China, nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) choose human rights – even if it harms economic relations, according to our recent survey.
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NEW: Since President Donald Trump took office, the image of the U.S. has suffered across many regions of the globe. As our new 13-nation survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many allies and partners.
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Memorial Day is a day to remember and honor Americans who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. It is a somber day for many of the nation’s 19 million veterans.
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Only 31% of Americans say the current economic conditions are helping them and their family. 46% say the current conditions are hurting them and their families.
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72% of Americans say they personally know someone who has been hospitalized or died from COVID-19.
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How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century
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Millennials in America are more likely to have visited a public library in the past year than any other adult generation.
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Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States
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NEW: 61% of Americans say it is primarily the federal government’s responsibility to make sure there are enough COVID-19 tests in order to safely lift states’ stay-at-home restrictions.
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61% of adults say the news media intentionally ignores stories that are important to the public.
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Large majorities of Democrats in all three income groups say the economic system unfairly favors powerful interests: 94% of upper-income Democrats and 90% of middle-income Democrats say this, as do 79% of lower-income Democrats. #DemDebate
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While a small share of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary (1.6%), many Americans say they know someone who is. #PrideMonth
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The most and least educated U.S. religious groups
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Most black (83%), Asian (73%) and Hispanic (65%) Americans say they’ve experienced discrimination or have been treated unfairly by police because of their race or ethnicity, either regularly or from time to time.
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The U.S. has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households
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The 2020 election will mark the first time that Hispanics will be the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the electorate, accounting for just over 13% of eligible voters – slightly more than blacks.
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Several U.S. states, territories and localities use the second Monday in October for commemorations that pointedly exclude Christopher Columbus’ name.
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As of Feb. 1, Black women have accounted for around a quarter (24%) of President Joe Biden’s appointed judges – far higher than the percentages for any other president, including Barack Obama (8%) and Bill Clinton (4%).
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The share of Republicans who say presidents could operate more effectively if they did not have to worry so much about Congress and the courts increased 16 percentage points over the past year, from 27% in March 2018 to 43% this past July.
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76% of Americans overall say that journalists should always strive to give all sides of an issue equal coverage, whereas 44% of journalists say this.
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Most Republicans want to see their party move in a more conservative direction. 53% of Democrats want the party to move in a more moderate direction while 40% favor a more liberal direction.
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Does your furry or scaly friend bring meaning and fulfillment to your life? In 2017, 45% of Americans said caring for pets made them feel this way. #NationalPetDay
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In polarized era, fewer Americans hold a mix of conservative and liberal views
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Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters
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Roughly half of U.S. adults (48%) now say the government should take steps to restrict false information online, even if it means losing some freedom to access and publish content. That is up from 39% in 2018.
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How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century
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Nearly 18 years since the start of the war in Afghanistan and 16 years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, majorities of U.S. military veterans say those wars were not worth fighting.
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% of adults in middle class: 🇩🇰Denmark 80% 🇫🇷France 74% 🇩🇪Germany 72% 🇮🇹Italy 67% 🇬🇧UK 67% 🇪🇸Spain 64% 🇺🇸U.S. 59%
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Black and white U.S. adults have widely different perceptions about what life is like for blacks in the U.S.
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% of U.S. adults who say Donald Trump is doing an excellent job at responding to the coronavirus outbreak, by main source of political news Fox News: 63% CBS: 24% NBC: 15% ABC: 14% CNN: 7% MSNBC: 2% NPR: 2% New York Times: 1% More in our data tool:
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Americans consistently have expressed little confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Republicans are now 21 points more likely than Democrats to express confidence him (31% vs. 10%), the widest partisan gap in our polling.
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Share of voters in each age group who favored the... 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚: 🔴 18 - 29: 32% 🔴 30 - 44: 39% 🔴 45 - 64: 50% 🔴 65+: 50% 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚: 🔵 18 - 29: 67% 🔵 30 - 44: 58% 🔵 45 - 64: 49% 🔵 65+: 48%
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Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as America’s largest generation
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The black voter turnout rate declined in 2016 for the first time in 20 years in a presidential election
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President Trump’s job approval now stands at just 29%, down nine percentage points since August and the lowest of his presidency.
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By nearly 2-to-1 margin, more Americans now say they favor than oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally
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U.S. adults under 30 are the most likely age group to be single, with 47% falling into this category. 63% of men under 30 describe themselves as single, compared with 34% of women in the same age group.
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New York City reported 292 murders last year, down from 2,245 in 1990.
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Blacks are more likely than Hispanics or Asians – and much more likely than whites – to say that their race is central to their identity. Do you feel your race or ethnicity is central to your identity? Share your perspective with #TalkingAboutRace
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A median of 85% across 18 countries express an unfavorable opinion of Russia, with majorities in most nations saying they have a very unfavorable opinion.
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65% of journalists say news organizations do a very or somewhat good job reporting the news accurately. 35% of Americans agree, while 43% say journalists do a bad job of this.
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A majority of Americans favor the idea of making #ElectionDay a national holiday. Do you?
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Immigrants with past criminal convictions accounted for 74% of all arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in fiscal 2017
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The most and least educated U.S. religious groups
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The median U.S. adult Twitter user tweets just twice each month, but a small number of extremely active users post with much greater regularity. As a result, much of the content posted by Americans on Twitter reflects a small number of authors.
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% of adults in middle class: 🇩🇰Denmark 80% 🇫🇷France 74% 🇩🇪Germany 72% 🇮🇹Italy 67% 🇬🇧UK 67% 🇪🇸Spain 64% 🇺🇸U.S. 59%
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NEW: Biden Begins Presidency With Positive Ratings; Trump Departs With Lowest-Ever Job Mark
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How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century
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% of adults in middle class: 🇩🇰Denmark 80% 🇫🇷France 74% 🇩🇪Germany 72% 🇮🇹Italy 67% 🇬🇧UK 67% 🇪🇸Spain 64% 🇺🇸U.S. 59%
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Most Americans predict that automation in the workplace will increase inequality between the rich and the poor and will not result in new, better-paying jobs
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For blacks, @BarackObama 's presidency ranks with 9/11 as one of the most significant events of their lifetimes
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Around half of Americans with a high school diploma or less education (48%) say the conspiracy theory that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak is probably or definitely true.
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In Catalonia, 91% do not trust the national gov't to do what is right for Spain; 53% do not trust Madrid at all
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24% of U.S. adults say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form. Who are they? Many are those with a high school degree or less, or household incomes under $30,000 a year
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Among Black adults who say the descendants of enslaved people should be repaid, 81% say the U.S. federal government should have all or most of the responsibility for repayment.
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How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century
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The most and least educated U.S. religious groups
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Among U.S. Catholic adults overall, 67% say President Biden should be allowed to receive Communion during Mass, while 29% say the country’s second Catholic president should not be allowed to do this.
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Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States
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About half of high school girls (49%) said their mental health was not good most of the time or always during the COVID-19 outbreak – roughly double the share of boys who said this (24%).
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NEW: As the debate over college admissions policies reignites, 73% of Americans say colleges and universities should not consider race or ethnicity when making decisions about student admissions.
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Americans who name Fox News as their main source for political and election news overwhelmingly self-identify as Republican. Those who name MSNBC and several other outlets overwhelmingly self-identify as Democratic.
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About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants who came illegally to the United States when they were children.
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Share of Americans who say: ▪️ "If America is too open to people from around the world, we risk losing our identity as a nation" 𝟐𝟔% ▪️ "America's openness to people from all over the world is essential to who we are as a nation" 𝟔𝟖%
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How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century
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There's a sharp drop in Democratic Party favorability among Dem-leaning independents
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Nearly half of whites say a majority nonwhite population will weaken American culture
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More Americans say government should ensure health care coverage
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By nearly 2-to-1 margin, more Americans now say they favor than oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally
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% of young adults who oppose gay marriage in: 🇬🇪 Georgia 94% 🇷🇺 Russia 86 🇺🇦 Ukraine 82 🇭🇺 Hungary 52 🇬🇷 Greece 51 🇵🇱 Poland 50 🇮🇪 Ireland 20 🇫🇷 France 17 🇩🇪 Germany 15 🇳🇴 Norway 14 🇬🇧 UK 13 🇫🇮 Finland 12 🇪🇸 Spain 7 🇸🇪 Sweden 5
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70% of Millennial women voters identify with or lean to the Democratic Party, up from 56% four years ago
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Chart: What Americans of different generations say were the most historic events in their lifetimes
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% of young adults who oppose gay marriage in: 🇬🇪 Georgia 94% 🇷🇺 Russia 86 🇺🇦 Ukraine 82 🇭🇺 Hungary 52 🇬🇷 Greece 51 🇵🇱 Poland 50 🇮🇪 Ireland 20 🇫🇷 France 17 🇩🇪 Germany 15 🇳🇴 Norway 14 🇬🇧 UK 13 🇫🇮 Finland 12 🇪🇸 Spain 7 🇸🇪 Sweden 5
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74% of White Democrats and 60% of Hispanic Democrats say that someone can be a man or a woman even if that’s different from the sex they were assigned at birth. In turn, a majority of Black Democrats (58%) say the opposite.
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New data on #refugees ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay : Canada now leads the world in refugee resettlement, surpassing the U.S. Until 2017, the U.S. resettled more refugees each year than the rest of the world’s countries combined.
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NEW: Immigrants and children of immigrants account for at least 13% of all voting members of the newly sworn in 116th Congress. These lawmakers claim heritage in 37 countries – mostly in Europe, Latin America and Asia – and are overwhelmingly Democrats.
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90% of Democrats who have heard something about QAnon say it’s at least somewhat bad for the country, including 77% saying it’s very bad. 41% of Republicans who are familiar with QAnon say it’s somewhat or very good for the country.
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Majorities of Americans continue to be bothered by the feeling that some corporations and wealthy people do not pay their fair share in taxes. Majorities also say they would like taxes on these groups to be raised. #TaxDay
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NEW: The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades
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How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century
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NEW: Unfavorable views of China have risen in recent years across many advanced economies. Our new survey shows these unfavorable views have continued to increase, and in some countries they have reached new highs. (THREAD: 1/)
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The public views inflation as the top problem facing the United States – and no other concern comes close.
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Last year saw a major shift in the global image of American leadership after the election of Joe Biden as president. In all countries where there is a recent trend available, there was an increase of at least 40 points in confidence in the U.S. president.
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More Americans say the Democratic Party cares about the middle class than say that about the Republican Party
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