John Gramlich

Here, we address some of the most common questions we receive about the nuts and bolts of taking a U.S.-focused Pew Research Center poll.

A narrow majority of Americans continue to say labor unions have a positive effect on the way things are going in the United States.

The nationwide incarceration rate is 810 prison or jail inmates for every 100,000 adult residents ages 18 and older.

Here’s a closer look at public opinion on the death penalty, as well as key facts about the nation’s use of capital punishment.

U.S. adults’ views of what makes a news story trustworthy vary by party affiliation, demographic characteristics and news consumption habits.

The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.

The number of federal prisoners sentenced to more than a year behind bars decreased by 5% between 2017 and the end of 2019.

Donald Trump's four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.

Only two other presidents since 1900 – George W. and George H.W. Bush – granted fewer acts of clemency than Trump.

Donald Trump leaves the White House having appointed nearly as many appeals court judges in four years as Barack Obama appointed in eight.