Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
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Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (www.pewresearch.org)
65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
Over half of Americans are now more concerned than excited about AI's expanding role in daily life, according to the results of a Pew Research survey. (www.pewresearch.org)
Americans are divided on whether society overlooks racial discrimination or sees it where it doesn’t exist (www.pewresearch.org)
Views on this have changed in recent years, according to Pew Research Center surveys. In 2019, 57% said people overlooking racial discrimination was the bigger problem, while 42% pointed to people seeing it where it really didn’t exist. That gap has narrowed from 15 to 8 percentage points.
Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power (www.pewresearch.org)
When asked about the federal government’s role, 41% of Americans say it should encourage the production of nuclear power....
Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power (www.pewresearch.org)
A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.
Among religious ‘nones,’ atheists and agnostics know the most about religion (www.pewresearch.org)
Why Some Americans Do Not See Urgency on Climate Change (www.pewresearch.org)
Why Some Americans Do Not See Urgency on Climate Change (www.pewresearch.org)
My conclusion: these people are beyond help.
Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online (www.pewresearch.org)
65% of Americans support tech companies moderating false information online and 55% support the U.S. government taking these steps. These shares have increased since 2018. Americans are even more supportive of tech companies (71%) and the U.S. government (60%) restricting extremely violent content online.
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050 (www.pewresearch.org)
New poll shows record number of 40 year olds that have never married (www.pewresearch.org)
Personally, I married pretty late. I was 17 years older than my parents when I married.
How people in 24 countries view same-sex marriage (www.pewresearch.org)
Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
How people in 24 countries view same-sex marriage (www.pewresearch.org)
Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
Evangelical Protestants are 29% to say that God is in control of the climate. (www.pewresearch.org)
Nine-in-ten atheists say the Earth is getting warmer mostly due to human activity, as do 78% of agnostics. Evangelical Protestants are the least likely to express this view (32%).
Rising Share of U.S. Adults Are Living Without a Spouse or Partner (www.pewresearch.org)
By more than two-to-one, Americans support U.S. government banning TikTok (www.pewresearch.org)
A look at small businesses in the U.S. (www.pewresearch.org)
3% of Americans aged 18-29 deny the Holocaust - not 20% (www.pewresearch.org)
There was an opt-in survey in from YouGov & The Economist that seemed to show a fifth of young Americans denied the Holocaust. The Economist ran a piece on it....
Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics (www.pewresearch.org)
Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement on the horizon. 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics. By contrast, just 10% say they always or often feel hopeful about politics.
Pew - AI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think (www.pewresearch.org)
62% of Americans believe artificial intelligence will have a major impact on jobholders overall in the next 20 years, but far fewer think it will greatly affect them personally. Majorities oppose using AI in making final decisions on hiring or firing.
