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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NEW from @pewresearch.org: Political party affiliation in the US, 2020-2026, based on the National Public Opinion Reference Survey (paper/phone/online survey conducted January-June 2026 among 5,511 US adults) www.pewresearch.org/politics/fac...

Stacked bar chart showing political party affiliation among U.S. adults between 2020 and 2026, based on Pew Research Center's National Public Opinion Reference Survey.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 19/05/2026

Americans are more optimistic about #AI’s impact in medical care but pessimistic about its impact on education and jobs.

Chart showing Americans are more likely to predict AI will impact medical care positively than negatively.

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Andrew Daniller @adaniller.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

And a broader look at where Trump stands with the public: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 17/09/2025

In our charts, we sometimes illustrate the margin of error through error bars, also called confidence intervals. But what do they mean? How should they be interpreted? Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with error bars.

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Understanding error bars in charts

Error bars illustrate the margin of error for a survey estimate by showing how precise that estimate is. Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with error bars.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 02/07/2025

Countries where large shares of the public say the economy is in good shape also tend to have large shares who are satisfied with democracy. www.pewresearch.org/...

Chart that shows that countries where more people feel good about the economy also have greater satisfaction with democracy

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Hannah Hartig @hannahhartig.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

this year, we produced a visual tour of turnout and vote switching between the last two presidential elections. check out our illustration of the flow of voters and nonvoters between 2020 and 2024 here: www.pewresearch.org/feature/how-...

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How Changes in Turnout and Vote Choice Powered Trump’s Victory in 2024

In this interactive feature, explore how changes between the 2020 and 2024 elections in how – and whether – people voted helped to return President Trump to office.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

On today's 10th anniversary of the Obergefell ruling, it's worth noting that same-sex marriage is among a small number of issues to see a complete reversal of public opinion in a relatively short span: 60% opposed it in 2004; 63% favored it by 2023. www.pewresearch.org/2024/09/13/h...

Screenshot from a Pew Research Center article showing that public opinion about same-sex marriage in the United States changed dramatically between 2004 and 2023.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Quite a stat: Medicaid paid for 4 out of every 10 births in the United States in 2023. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Screenshot of a Pew Research Center analysis about Medicaid.

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Baxter Oliphant @baxteroliphant.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

A June 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that 55% of Republicans (incl. leaners) say it would be acceptable to deport immigrants to a different country if they cannot return to their home country. By comparison, 13% of Democrats say this would be acceptable. pewrsr.ch/446QJwe

A bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults, Rep/Lean Rep and Dem/Lean Dem who say it would be acceptable for three actions to happen regarding federal deportation efforts

Title: Wide partisan divisions over what is acceptable regarding federal deportation efforts

Subtitle: % who say that each of the following would be *acceptable*

Item 1: A church or other religious organization not helping with federal efforts to deport people in their communities who are in the U.S. illegally. 56% acceptable among U.S. adults, 41% among Rep/Lean Rep and 73% among Dem/Lean Dem

Item 2: A city or state not helping with federal efforts to deport people in their communities who are in the U.S. illegally. 43% acceptable among U.S. adults, 19% among Rep/Lean Rep and 66% among Dem/Lean Dem

Item 3: Deporting an immigrant in the U.S. illegally to a different country if they cannot return to their home country. 56% acceptable among U.S. adults, 41% among Rep/Lean Rep and 73% among Dem/Lean Dem

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My team at @pewresearch.org studies the global size and demographic characteristics of religious groups, including the religiously unaffiliated. Some recent reports: Modeling the Future of Religion in America www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

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Modeling the Future of Religion in America

Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” If re...

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Striking chart from @wsj.com shows the cumulative number of executive orders by each recent president through their first 100 days: www.wsj.com/politics/pol... In a new @pewresearch.org survey, 51% of Americans say Trump is doing too much by executive order: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Line chart from The Wall Street Journal showing the cumulative number of executive orders signed by each recent president through the first 100 days of their tenure. Donald Trump has issued far more executive orders than any other recent president at this stage in his presidency.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 22/04/2025

47% of Americans are extremely or very concerned about Russia invading other countries, and 43% are concerned about Russia defeating and taking over Ukraine. Republicans have become less concerned about both possibilities in recent months, while Democrats have become more so.

A set of line charts showing that Democrats are much more concerned than Republicans about various Russia-Ukraine war scenarios

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Jacob Poushter @japoushter.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Now that @pewresearch.org on Bluesky is a thing, I'll try to post new data from our Global Attitudes research! First up today, timely data on how Americans view trade between the U.S. and China, Canada and Mexico. Includes public opinion and trade data! www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 07/04/2025

Hey there, Bluesky! We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

What Americans think about President Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term. (@baxteroliphant.bsky.social Joseph Copeland @pewresearch.org) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250209

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

10 facts about Americans and alcohol as ‘Dry January’ begins: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Line chart showing that a steady majority of Americans say they consume alcoholic beverages.

Line chart showing that alcohol consumption among Americans has ticked up in recent years.

Area chart showing that Americans are drinking less beer and more wine than they used to.

Map of the United States showing per-capita alcohol consumption by state.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

NEW: House Republicans will be working with the narrowest majority in modern history when the 119th Congress begins in January. They'll have a five-seat edge, but even that small advantage will get smaller amid several expected vacancies. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Screenshot of a Pew Research Center article titled, "Slim majorities have become more common in the U.S. House and Senate"

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Chart: When in a presidential campaign do voters make their decision? www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Chart showing that in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections, the vast majority of voters made up their mind about who to vote for before September. Far fewer voters made up their minds in September, October or in the last week before the election.

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Baxter Oliphant @baxteroliphant.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

New from Pew Research Center: After Trump’s victory, Democrats are more pessimistic about their party’s future 49% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are pessimistic about the future of their party; just 13% of Rep/Lean Rep say the same www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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After Trump’s victory, Democrats are more pessimistic about their party’s future

The partisan gap in Republican and Democratic views of their parties’ futures (35 percentage points) is much larger than after any recent election.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

NEW: Women in the US have long outpaced men in college graduation, as the chart on the left shows. But it's now happening in each major racial and ethnic group, too, as the chart on the right shows. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Line chart showing that women in the United States have long outpaced men in college graduation. As of 2024, 47% of women ages 25 to 34 have a bachelor's degree, compared with 37% of men in the same age group.

Four small line charts showing that women are outpacing men in college graduation in each of the four major racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

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It’s that JSR @jsr.com · 17/10/2024

Disney owns both The Muppets and Star Wars, and the fact they are not making a Muppet version of all nine main-series Star Wars movies is only explained by the fact that they secretly hate making money.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

NEW: To mark 20 years of the Pew Research Center, we took a look back at some of the biggest changes in US public opinion during that time. Of note: Complete reversals on same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization, and the emergence of China as a perceived threat.

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How U.S. Public Opinion Has Changed in 20 Years of Our Surveys

We took a closer look at how Americans’ views and experiences have evolved on a variety of topics over the last 20 years.

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Pollcat, AKA Scott Keeter @pollcat.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

We just released a new analysis about the potential for opt-in surveys -- those where people volunteer to take surveys -- to provide misleading results, especially for young adults and Hispanics pewrsr.ch/49BMhqF

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Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults

We examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

58% of K-12 teachers in the US say their state government has 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 influence over what's taught in school. 71% say teachers themselves have 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 influence in this regard. www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...

Bar chart showing U.S. K-12 teachers' views on whether various entities – including state governments, the federal government, local school boards, parents, principals, students and teachers themselves – have not enough, too much or about the right amount of influence over what's taught in school.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Support for banning TikTok has decreased from 50% of US adults in March to 38% today. Even fewer teens (18%) favor the idea. Not surprisingly, adults and teens who use TikTok themselves are much less likely to support a ban. pewrsr.ch/46RS0GL

Line chart showing that 38% of American adults support the U.S. government banning TikTok, down from 50% in March.

Bar chart showing that only 18% of American teens support the U.S. government banning TikTok, while 50% of teens oppose the idea.

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