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As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the public has starkly different expectations about which groups in society will gain influence – and those that will lose influence – under his administration.

Survey Report When he takes office next week, President-elect Donald Trump will inherit an array of global threats in the view of the public. About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say ISIS poses a major threat to the well-being of the United States, and 71% say the same about cyberattacks from other countries. Nearly two-thirds (64%) view […]

The public continues to give the president-elect low marks for how he is handling the transition process.

Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.

Only 39% of Americans view building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border as a very or somewhat important goal.

Obama is on pace to become the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office.

More than a month after the presidential election, Donald Trump’s victory and his plans for the presidency remain a topic of conversation for most – but not all – Americans. With the holidays approaching, 39% of U.S. adults say their families avoid conversations about politics. Following one of the most divisive campaigns in recent memory, here […]

For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while losing the popular vote.

Survey Report With just a few weeks left in Barack Obama’s presidency, Americans’ early judgments of his place in history are more positive than negative. Obama is poised to leave office on a high note: Current assessments of both the president and the first lady are among the most favorable since they arrived in the […]

Nearly a month after Donald Trump’s election as president, the public views his transition to the White House less positively than those of past presidents-elect.