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82% of Australian adults support restricting access to social media for kids. Older adults are especially supportive of these restrictions. In December 2025, Australia enacted a first-of-its-kind law to restrict kids' access to social media.

Chart showing older Australians are especially supportive of restricting children’s social media access

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A third of payments in 2015 were in cash, followed by debit cards and credit cards. In 2025, credit cards made up the highest share of payments at 34%, followed by debit cards and cash. What is your go-to payment method? 💵 💳

Chart showing Americans use cash for a smaller share of payments now than in 2015

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How do Americans feel about data centers? 🤖 👀 U.S. adults have grown more negative toward the possible effects of data centers since we last asked in January. And a majority say they’d be uncomfortable if a new data center started operating in their area. What are your thoughts on data centers?

Chart showing how Americans feel about data centers' impact on the environment, home energy costs, people's quality of life nearby, local jobs and local tax revenue

Image of the inside of a data center. Text overtop reads, "over the last six months, a variety of subgroups of Americans have become more negative toward data centers"

Chart showing demographic breakdowns of Americans who say data centers are mostly bad for the environment

Image of the insight of a data center. Text overtop reads, "60% say they would not be comfortable with a new data center operating in their area"

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As midterms approach, Democrats and Republicans differ on many issues. But when it comes to how they engage in public life across news, politics, religion and civic life, these two major U.S. political parties are quite similar. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing Americans in the two major parties have similar patterns of engagement; independents are less engaged

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Urban, suburban and rural Americans are about equally likely to be politically active, but their differences are not just Republican vs. Democrat. Rural Americans, for example, are more likely than those in urban areas to display signs and bumper stickers, regardless of party. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing rural Americans are more likely to put up political signs or bumper stickers

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 30/09/2026

What kind of consequences should news organizations face if they publish false information? A large majority of Americans (81%) say the news organization should publish a correction in all or most cases. Americans are more divided on other consequences. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing most Americans expect a correction for false info published by news orgs, but mixed views on other consequences

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About two thirds of U.S. adults favor the death penalty and say it is morally justified, even though many say it does not deter serious crimes. #DeathPenalty #JusticeSystem

Majorities favor the death penalty and say it is morally justified, yet many do not think it deters serious crimes

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 30/09/2026

Can AI take a survey instead of humans? They can, but maybe they shouldn’t. As #AI advances, there is growing interest in using it in place of real respondents in public opinion surveys. We wanted to learn more, so we ran our own synthetic polling experiment.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 30/09/2026

54% of U.S. adults share a cold view of China on the feeling thermometer. The feeling thermometer measures American’s feelings, with zero indicating feeling as cold as possible, and 100 indicating feeling as warm possible. Despite increasingly warm views of China, cold views are still more common.

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

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 29/09/2026

68% of Americans say it's at least somewhat acceptable for news organizations and journalists to criticize politicians. A smaller majority (56%) say it’s OK for politicians to criticize news organizations or journalists. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing Americans are more likely to say it’s acceptable for journalists to criticize politicians than vice versa

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 29/09/2026

Whether you’re an urban, suburban or rural American may reveal something about how you engage with your community. For example, suburban Americans are slightly more likely than urban or rural Americans to have volunteered in the past year. #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing some Americans are more likely than others to volunteer, join a group or attend religious services

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 29/09/2026

You can now add Pew Research Center on Google! 👀 🔎 If you value facts grounded in rigorous data, there’s a simple way to make sure you see more of it. When you add us as a preferred source on Google, our research will appear more often in your Google News and Discover experiences.

Image of a Pew Research Center website article highlighting the "Add Us On Google" button near the top of the article.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 28/09/2026

How are data centers impacting jobs? Views on how data centers impact local jobs and local tax revenue are mixed. Similar shares of Americans say data centers are mostly good and mostly bad for these things. #DataCenters

Chart comparing what U.S. adults say data centers are mostly bad for.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 28/09/2026

While most current Latter-day Saints were raised in the church, about a quarter are converts to the faith. Most of these converts come from other Christian traditions.

Chart showing 1 in 4 Latter-day Saints were raised in another religious tradition

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 25/09/2026

Americans are suspicious that major institutions intentionally keep important news from the public. Three-quarters or more say the following institutions do this at least sometimes: 🏛️ U.S. government (83%) 📰 News organizations (79%) 📱Social media companies (76%) #PewKnightInitiative

Chart showing majority of Americans say the government extremely often or often intentionally keeps important news from reaching the public

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 25/09/2026

60% of Americans say they would be not too or at all comfortable with a new data center operating in their area. Do you have a data center close by? If so, how do you feel about it?

Chart comparing Americans who say they would be comfortable uncomfortable with a new data center in their area by partisanship and if they live in urban or rural areas.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 25/09/2026

How do people around the world feel about the rise of #AI in daily life? Feelings are mixed across 37 countries, with a 41% median saying they are equally concerned and excited. A 37% median say they are more concerned than excited. #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalSurvey

Chart showing how people in 37 countries feel about the rise of AI in daily life

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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.

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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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