Gender, Generation and Abortion: Shifting Politics and Perspectives After Roe

Findings from the August 2022 American Perspectives Survey

Three months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the issue of abortion continues to garner widespread public attention. The latest American Perspectives Survey explores pre-election sentiment on abortion and other key election issues.

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Hidden Identity: When Americans Decide to Keep Their Religious Background to Themselves
Hidden Identity: When Americans Decide to Keep Their Religious Background to Themselves
For many Americans, religion is a fundamental part of who they are. But for many other Americans sharing religious beliefs with others is not as easy.
Toward a Climate Change Consensus?
Toward a Climate Change Consensus?
When it comes to climate change, Democrats and Republicans do not agree on much.

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The unsubstantiated claim of voter fraud is widely held among Republicans with nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Republicans say the statement “there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election” is mostly or completely accurate, a view shared by only 22 percent of independents and 2 percent of Democrats.

Americans expressed greater agreement about the existence of fraud in the 2016 presidential election. Eighteen percent of Democrats, 20 percent of independents, and 27 percent of Republicans believe there was evidence of election fraud in 2016.

 

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Dating in the Trump era: How politics is changing romance | IN 60 SECONDS

Partisan politics of the Trump era have become a part of daily life, often serving as a point of contention in basic social interactions — and new survey results show that it’s affecting our dating lives as well. AEI’s Jacqueline Clemence explains.