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Here are five facts about how much Americans have heard about the QAnon conspiracy theories and their views about them.

Many who follow polls are asking how these errors could happen. Here, we’ll take a preliminary shot at answering that question.

The U.S. is not the only country wrestling with political fissures. But the pandemic has revealed how pervasive the divide in U.S. politics is.

Here is a look at how people in 14 advanced economies viewed the organization, based on surveys conducted in June through August.

Concern about genetically modified foods is widespread, with about half of people in 20 publics saying these foods are unsafe to eat.

In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) weren’t counted.

Government restrictions in 2018 were at their highest level since 2007, when Pew Research Center began tracking these trends.

In the third quarter of 2020, about 28.6 million Baby Boomers reported that they were out of the labor force due to retirement.

If one takeaway from the election is historic voter participation, another may be the political polarization that has come to define the U.S.

U.S. Border Patrol agents expelled or apprehended 15,862 migrants at the southwest border in April, down 47% from March.