Demographics & Politics

U.S. Hispanics’ policy views do not always align with those of non-Latinos in the same party, recent surveys have found.

Black Republicans tend to support individualistic approaches to addressing racial inequality, while Black Democrats back institutional approaches.

Around four-in-ten Black adults in the United States (39%) say Black Lives Matter has done the most to help Black people in recent years.

Most say that, compared with five years ago, those who commit sexual harassment or assault at work are more likely to be held responsible and those who report it are more likely to be believed.

Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.

Americans’ views vary when it comes to how they see the United States’ standing in the world and the state of its democracy.

How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.

Roughly one-quarter of American adults use Twitter. And when they share their views on the site, quite often they are doing so about politics and political issues.

57% of Black adults say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use by adults; 28% say it should be legal for medical use only.

About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.