CommentaryAugust 28, 2024
Kamala’s Gen Z problem
In the 48 hours after Kamala Harris announced her run for president on July 21, nearly 40,000 people registered to vote on vote.org — 83% of whom were under 35. The groundswell of support from young people, NPR correspondent Tamara Keith recently said, indicates “the kind of enthusiasm they haven’t experienced since Obama.” But can the Harris
Survey ReportsAugust 22, 2024
Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life
Disconnected: Places and Spaces presents new survey findings that suggest Americans are less connected than ever before.
CommentaryJuly 15, 2024
The GOP is Poised to Make Gains With Young Voters
Of the many ways that Donald Trump has scrambled the country’s political demography, none is more surprising than the way he changed the GOP’s relationship with young voters. Not all polling agrees, but many reputable polling outfits have found Trump neck-and-neck with Biden among young voters. But it’s not simply that Trump has suddenly become more appealing
CommentaryJune 20, 2024
The Surprising Issue That Could Help Biden With Young Voters
Young voters are less supportive of Biden than they were in 2020. Embracing immigration may be the key to reclaiming the youth vote.
Facts & FiguresJune 5, 2024
More Americans Favor Deporting Illegal Immigrants
Our latest survey finds that the public is divided over whether all immigrants living in the United States illegally should be deported. Fifty percent of the public supports this option and nearly as many (46 percent) oppose it. It marks a dramatic change in American attitudes. In the summer of 2016, roughly the same moment
Survey ReportsMay 28, 2024
An Unsettled Electorate: How Uncertainty and Apathy Are Shaping the 2024 Election
A survey of more than 6,500 US adults focused on the 2024 presidential election reveals a pessimistic and unsettled American electorate fractured by education, ideology, class, and gender.
Facts & FiguresMay 1, 2024
Young Men Distrust Both Parties
There are growing signs that young adults do not trust either political party. The share of young adults who have a negative view of the Democratic and Republican Parties has risen dramatically in recent years. Today, 31 percent of young adults have a negative view of both parties, far greater than among older Americans. But
Facts & FiguresMarch 25, 2024
White Union Members Grow More Republican
In the late 1960s, union households were Democratic households. Nearly half (46 percent) of Americans who lived in union households identified as Democrats. Over the ensuing decades, Democratic identification among white members of union households has slowly eroded, dipping consistently below four in 10 by 2002. Over that period, the proportion of white Americans in
CommentaryMarch 5, 2024
The Societal Cost of the Marriage Decline
Marriage is positively associated with greater community involvement across a range of different activities.
Facts & FiguresFebruary 15, 2024
Dating Difficulties
Most singles today do not enjoy dating, and many say dating has gotten worse. But for the most part, Americans believe dating is difficult for men and women alike. Overall, men tend to believe they have it tougher than women, while women say the opposite. Liberal women and conservative men stand out for feeling that