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Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
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Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
52% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in K-12 public school principals to act in the public’s best interests.
Fewer than half of Black adults say they have a three-month emergency fund, and some have taken multiple jobs to make ends meet.
51% of working parents of children younger than 12 say it has been at least somewhat difficult to handle child care responsibilities recently.
56% of Americans say the decline in the percentage of workers represented by unions has been “somewhat” or “very” bad for the country.
In recent weeks, protests in India over Muslim headscarves in schools have gained international attention.
64% of members of Congress mentioned Black History Month on Facebook or Twitter in February 2021, up from just 29% in 2015.
The share of Americans who say they often get news from a podcast is quite small, at just 7%; 16% of adults say they sometimes do.