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How do Americans feel about data centers? The U.S. public has grown more negative toward the possible effects of data centers since the beginning of the year. Around half of Americans now say data centers are mostly bad for the environment, home energy costs and people’s quality of life nearby.

Chart comparing views of data centers among different demographic and partisan groups in the U.S.

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About half of Americans who were raised as Latter-day Saints still identify as members of the church in adulthood (54%). That retention rate has steadily declined since 2007, from 70%.

Chart showing Latter-day Saints’ retention rate has fallen in recent decades

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Republicans are more likely to share a cold view of China than Democrats. 🥶 19% of Republicans rated China a zero on the feeling thermometer, down from 38% in 2021. Republicans have both warmed toward China and are more likely to have a neutral view. 🌡️ #USChinaRelations

Chart showing Americans feel more cold than warm toward China

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The combined monthly global trading volume on #Kalshi and #Polymarket more than doubled in the span of two months. 📈 This increase was mostly due to a large uptick in sports trading, which is now the most-traded topic on both platforms. Have you ever traded on a #PredictionMarket? ⬇️

Line chart of combined trading volume on prediction markets.

Text reads: Trading volume on prediction markets doubled between May and July

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On average, Americans rate China a 37 on the feeling thermometer, up from 28 in 2021 but still a cold view. 🌡️ The feeling thermometer measures American’s feelings, with zero indicating feelings as cold and negative as possible, and 100 indicating feelings as warm and positive possible.

Chart comparing American’s cold, neutral, warm and average ratings of China over ten years.

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Latter-day Saints still have more conservative views than many other U.S. religious groups, but their attitudes on some social and political issues appear to have changed over time. #LatterDaySaints

Chart showing Latter-day Saints have grown much more accepting of homosexuality in recent decades

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75% of Democrats expect AI to lead to fewer jobs in the U.S over the next 20 years, compared with 68% of Republicans. This is a change from two years ago when more Republicans than Democrats expected AI to lead to fewer jobs. How do you think AI will impact Americans jobs? 💼

Bar chart comparing Democrats and Republicans who expect AI to lead to more or less jobs in the U.S. over the next 20 years.

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55% of Americans think news organizations have too much power and influence in politics today, compared with 14% who say they don’t have enough. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing just over half of Americans say news organizations have too much power and influence in politics

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 22/09/2026

How do you think #AI will impact economic inequality? Across 37 countries, people are more likely to say AI will increase rather than decrease the gap between the rich and the poor.

Chart showing percentage of people in 37 countries who say AI will increase, decrease or not make much difference to the gap between the rich and poor.

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Latter-day Saints are, on average, among the most religious Americans. For example, roughly seven-in-ten Latter-day Saints say that: 🔹Religion is very important in their lives. 🔹They pray daily 🔹They attend religious services in person at least weekly. #LatterDaySaints

Chart showing roughly 7 in 10 Latter-day Saints say religion is very important to their lives

Chart showing Latter-day Saints stand out from other Americans as highly religious

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 22/09/2026

For the first time, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to be concerned about the increased use of AI in daily life. 📈 56% of Democrats say they are more concerned than excited about the growing use of AI in daily life, up 25 percentage points since we first asked in 2021.

Split chart comparing Republicans and Democrats who are more concerned than excited, equally concerned and excited, and more excited than concerned about the growing use of AI in daily life.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 22/09/2026

The United Nations General Assembly (#UNGA) opened their 81st session earlier this month and General Debate starts today. 🇺🇳 🌐 People across 37 countries view the UN more favorably than unfavorably. However, views in some countries have turned more negative in recent years. #UNGA81

Chart showing views of the UN across 37 countries tend to be more positive than negative.

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In some countries, younger adults (ages 18 to 34) are more concerned about AI-related job loss than adults ages 50 and older. Older adults tend to be more concerned about the increased use of AI in daily life in general, though younger adults’ concerns appear to be growing in some countries.

Chart showing that in some countries, younger people are more likely to think AI will lead to fewer jobs

Chart showing older people are more concerned about AI than younger people

Chart showing young adults’ concern about AI is up in 6 countries

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Three ways to correct a poll’s political balance: weight on self-reported party affiliation, self-reported past vote, or voter file data such as party registration. Each has strengths and weaknesses. No one approach is clearly superior in all contexts. #PollingMethods

Three ways to weight a poll on political party or vote

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President Trump has denied White House access to Politico, MS NOW and CNN. In a June 2026 survey, we found that 71% of Americans think the Trump administration and the news media have a very or somewhat bad relationship. #PewKnightInitiative

Most U.S. adults think the Trump administration and U.S. news media have a bad relationship

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Roughly half of Americans say they think U.S. news organizations are influenced a great deal by corporations and financial interests (54%) or government and political interests (49%). #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing Americans’ views on corporate and financial influence and government and political influence on news are relatively stable across 2024, 2025 and 2026

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Worries about AI-related job loss tend to run particularly high in countries with higher GDP per capita. In some wealthy nations like #Australia, #SouthKorea and the #UnitedStates, around seven-in-ten adults or more say #AI will result in job loss over the next 20 years.

Chart showing that in wealthier countries, more people expect AI will lead to fewer jobs.

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There is growing evidence that Republicans have become somewhat less likely than Democrats to participate in polls, particularly in the past three presidential elections. In 2020 and 2024, weighting our post election polls by party improved accuracy by about 1-2 percentage points per candidate.

Polling errors in U.S. presidential elections

In recent years, polls weighted on political party more accurately reflect election outcomes

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53% of Hispanics typically describe themselves by their country of origin, compared to 27% who use pan-ethnic terms like Hispanic, Latino, Latinx or Latine. 18% most often describe themselves as only American. #HispanicHeritageMonth

Chart showing majority of Hispanic adults typically use their origin country to describe themselves

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Six-in-ten Americans say the U.S. government should be able to require a news organization to take down a news story if it poses a risk to national security. About half say the same for stories containing false information. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing many Americans favor government restrictions on news if it threatens national security, contains false info

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People tend to believe #AI will lead to fewer jobs rather than more jobs in 34 of 37 countries we surveyed this year. In many places, about a fifth or more are unsure how AI will impact their country’s jobs. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIImpact #AIJobs

Chart showing how 37 countries think AI will impact jobs over the next 20 years

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How many U.S. Representatives won’t be returning next term? 🏛️ ⏎ The 2026 primaries led to the most House turnover before a general election in more than three decades. As of now, 42 Republicans and 32 Democrats won’t be returning to the House next year. #USPolitics #Congress2026

Chart showing near-record number of House members already on their way out the door.

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Almost 70% of national polls in 2024 were weighted on party affiliation or past vote. Weighting by party can be controversial. But evidence shows it has made polls modestly more accurate. #PoliticalPolls #PollingData #PollingMethods

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Despite being in effect for 237 years, the U.S. constitution has been formally amended just 27 times. #ConstitutionDay #USConstitution

Chart showing hardest and easiest national constitutions to amend.

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Population growth does not always translate into growth of the electorate, as only U.S. citizens ages 18 and older are eligible to vote. White Americans have the largest share of eligible voters, followed by smaller shares of Black, Asian and Hispanic Americans.

Chart showing White Americans have the highest share eligible to vote.

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Pollcat, AKA Scott Keeter @pollcat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How much do you know about the First Amendment? Just 9% of U.S. adults answered all our knowledge questions correctly. Curious where you rank? Take the quiz: pewrsr.ch/3SPPVdE #PewKnightInitiative #ConstitutionDay

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Reposted by Pew Research Center

Almost 70% of national polls in 2024 were weighted on party affiliation or past vote. This kind of political weighting is controversial. But evidence shows it has made polls modestly more accurate. New report: how it works, how we do it and its limits: www.pewresearch.org/methods/2026...

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Weighting Polls on Party Affiliation and Past Vote

This report explains how political weighting works, how Pew Research Center does it, and some of its limitations.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 16/09/2026

While the federal government currently counts Hispanic origin separately from race, many Hispanics do not experience these identities separately. When asked about their race, among U.S. Hispanics who identify with a single race, most label themselves as “some other race.” #HispanicHeritageMonth

Chart showing the racial identity of Hispanics in 2024

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 16/09/2026

44% of U.S. adults say the press has become less free since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, compared with 12% who say it has become more free. About a quarter (26%) say there has been no change, and 17% aren’t sure. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing 44% of Americans say the press has become less free during this Trump Administration

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 16/09/2026

Most U.S. adults take some type of supplement for their health. 💊 67% of Americans take vitamins or minerals and many who do (62%) see the supplements as extremely or very important to their health. What role do supplements play in your life? #HealthSupplements #VitaminsAndMinerals

Chart showing many of those who take supplements see them as important to their health

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Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico will not air on network television amid FCC review of ABC broadcast licenses We found that about three-in-ten Americans say it is at least sometimes acceptable for the U.S. government to take away a news organization's license to broadcast.

Americans hold mixed views on U.S. government actions toward journalists or news organizations.

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73% of Americans, including majorities of both Democrats and Republicans, say press freedom is extremely or very important to the well-being of society. However, half or more also say the government should be able to restrict news reporting in certain cases. #PewKnightInitiative #PressFreedom

Charts showing most Americans see press freedom as highly important to society, but many also support limits to it in some cases

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Roughly 250 million adult U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in the 2026 midterm elections, an increase of 8.4 million since the 2022 midterms. More than half of this growth came from Hispanic adults. Meanwhile, Asian eligible voters have grown at the fastest rate.

Chart showing that since 2022, Hispanics have added more eligible voters than any other group, while Asians have grown the fastest.

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We asked Americans how they view their political ideologies compared to their party. 🔴 🔵 Those who rate their ideology the same as they rate that of their party express more favorable views of the party overall.

Chart showing Democrats who see themselves as more liberal or conservative than their party view it less positively

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Out of 101 democratic constitutions, the U.S. Constitution is the second most difficult to amend. Despite being in effect for 237 years, it has been formally amended just 27 times. The only democracy whose constitution is harder to change is the Federated States of Micronesia. 🌏 #USConstitution

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85% of adults over 65 take supplements, compared to 67% under 30. However, adults under 30 (37%) are more likely to take protein supplements than adults over 65 (23%). #Proteinmaxxing #HealthSupplements

Chart showing older adults are more likely to take supplements overall, but younger adults are more likely to take protein supplements

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Nearly half of Americans (45%) have tried to cut back on their smartphone use in the past 12 months. 📵 Of those who have tried to cut back on their smartphone use, a quarter say they’ve been highly successful.

Chart of Americans who have tried to cut back on smartphone use compared to a chart of those who have been successful at cutting back smartphone use.

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