As Republicans prepare to renominate Donald Trump for president at their national convention in Milwaukee, here are some key facts about the roughly half of registered voters who identify with or lean toward the party.
Majorities of voters express dissatisfaction with the candidates. And 63% of voters describe both Biden and Trump as “embarrassing.”
Voters who support Biden and Trump have starkly different opinions on many issues, and these two groups are divided internally as well.
Many worldwide are dissatisfied with how democracy is working. In several high-income democracies, dissatisfaction has been on the rise since 2021.
Most Israelis also feel that antisemitism and Islamophobia are common and that both kinds of prejudice are on the rise globally.
A median of about two-thirds of adults (64%) rate their country’s economic situation poorly.
Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
85% of U.S. teens say they play video games. They see both positive and negative sides, from making friends to harassment and sleep loss.
High school teachers are more likely than elementary and middle school teachers to hold negative views about AI tools in education.
Among all Asian origin groups in the U.S., Chinese American households had the highest income inequality in 2022.
Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
Overall, 64% of Asian American adults say they gave to a U.S. charitable organization in the 12 months before the survey. One-in-five say they gave to a charity in their Asian ancestral homeland during that time. And 27% say they sent money to someone living there.
U.S.-born Latinos mostly get their news in English and prefer it in English, while immigrant Latinos have much more varied habits.
U.S. Hispanics are less likely than other Americans to say increasing deportations or a larger wall along the border will help the situation.
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“A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries … and the U.S. Asian population is projected to reach 46 million by 2060.”
Neil G. Ruiz,
Head of New Research Initiatives
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