Young Men Increasingly Support Restrictions on Online Pornography
In the last four years, young men have grown much more supportive of restricting access to online pornography. While all young Americans––ages ...
Americans’ Moral Standards Have Become More Definitive
More Americans have come to believe that there are clear and absolute standards for what is right and wrong. Just over a decade ago, only one third ...
Share of College-Educated Women in the Democratic Party Has Increased
The makeup of the Democratic Party has changed profoundly in recent years. In 1998, a majority (77 percent) of Democrats did not ...
The Gender Divide in Youth Political Affiliation
The 2024 election revealed major weaknesses in the Democratic Party’s coalition. Young voters, a reliable Democratic constituency for the last two decades, ...
More Americans View the Democratic Party as Liberal
The Democratic Party’s image has changed rapidly over the past decade. Today, nearly two-thirds of Americans perceive the Democratic Party as “Liberal” ...
Why Young People Feel Misunderstood By the Opposite Sex
Surveys show a growing gap emerging between young men and women. But the gender divide is not simply about politics, but a ...
What Trump’s Appearance on Joe Rogan’s Podcast Says About the Gender Divide
With the 2024 Presidential Election less than two weeks away, both candidates are making last-minute efforts to rally their supporters and win ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dating Difficulties
Most singles today do not enjoy dating, and many say dating has gotten worse. But for the most part, Americans believe dating ...
Born This Way
Long before Americans debated the issue of same-sex marriage, Gallup probed public understanding about the nature and origins of homosexuality. In 1977, ...
White Evangelical Trump Support Fracturing
White evangelicals have been Trump's most consistent and committed supporters throughout his presidency. They overwhelmingly supported Trump in both the 2016 and ...
A Generational Jump in Bisexuality
New research finds that one in five adults who belong to Generation Z (age 18 to 25) identify as LGBT. However, most ...
Friend Zone
Dating apps have become an undeniable part of the romantic landscape, but more young people opting for a different strategy of finding ...
Aging in the Pews
That churches and places of worship have struggled to attract and retain young worshipers is no secret. But new research finds that ...
A Growing Gender Divide Among Young Voters
Young voters were key to the Democratic Party’s surprising performance in the 2022 midterm elections. However, there was a pronounced gender gap ...
The Political Transformation of White Evangelical Protestants
White evangelical Christians have been an important Republican constituency for years, but their partisan commitments have undergone a remarkable change over the ...
A New Gender Divide Among Young Voters
A New Gender Divide Among Young Voters: For the last several decades, young voters have generally supported Democratic candidates over Republican candidates, ...
The Decline of White Evangelical Protestants
The Decline of White Evangelical Protestants: White Evangelical Protestants have exercised considerable influence over American politics and culture for decades. That may ...
Abortion is a Critical Concern for Young Women
Abortion is a Critical Concern for Young Women: Of all the issues driving young female voters to the polls this November, only ...
Black Americans Don’t Trust Their Tap Water
A storm and flooding in Mississippi has left tens of thousands of black residents without clean water. As a new water crisis ...
A College-Educated Party?
A College-Educated Party? The Democratic Party has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last two decades. Nearly half (48 percent) of Democrats ...
The Growing Political Divide Between Young Men and Women
For much of the past two decades, young women and men have had similar political profiles. But the ideological differences between them ...
Religious Divide Over Abortion
The Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 50-year-old ruling that legalized the right to abortion in the U.S. ...
Religious Disaffiliation and Loneliness
The act of leaving religion can be difficult. Americans who leave their childhood religion report more acute feelings of social isolation and ...
Generational Split on Success
Is the illusion of meritocracy broken? A new study finds generational divides in views about what matters most for success. Older generations ...
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Race and Sibling Relations
Childhood experiences with your siblings have been shown to play an important formative role for young children. But not all Americans are ...
Few Gen Zers Grew Up Having Family Dinners
The family meal, once a regular part of American family life, has become a rarity. Americans who belong to Generation Z are ...
Religion is Not an Important Source of Identity For Many Americans
Despite recent trends documenting an overall decline in religious belief, practice, and affiliation, most Americans still identify with a particular religious tradition. ...
Losing Confidence in Each Other
So much research and commentary have focused on the decline of public trust in various institutions—the media, government, police, the justice system. ...
Churches as Political Communities
We have long known that churches and religious congregations are important sources of political information and influence. Now, a new report finds that many Americans perceive their congregation as sharing a mix of ...
The Importance of Work Friends
Americans who never attended college are experiencing a rapid social decline—they have fewer close friends and considerably less social support. Part of the reason ...
The Diverging Trajectories of Same-Sex Marriage & Abortion
In 1996, Americans were far more supportive of legal abortion than allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. Only 31 percent of ...
A Belief and Belonging Paradox?
Americans with less formal education tend to express greater certainty about their belief in God. Fifty-nine percent of Americans without a college ...