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Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.

Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match.

The U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 1.6 million encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year.

The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.

As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.

Latinos with darker skin color report more discrimination experiences than Latinos with lighter skin color.

Hiring by the self-employed has fallen since 2019, with the cutbacks emanating mainly from businesses run by men.

Most people view their own government’s record on personal freedoms more favorably than they do when it comes to the U.S. and especially China.

Concerns about racial and ethnic discrimination are widespread in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed this spring.

The U.S. is seen positively in advanced economies for its technology, entertainment, military and universities, but negatively for its health care system, discrimination and the state of its democracy.