Politics & Policy

Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.

While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.

Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.

74% of Republicans say social media has been more of a bad thing for U.S. democracy, compared with a smaller majority of Democrats (57%).

A quarter of U.S. parents of K-12 students say racism or racial inequality comes up in conversation with their children very or fairly often.

Here’s a look back at the past year and some of its biggest news events through 15 of our most striking research findings.

58% of those ages 18 to 29 have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once between March 2020 and September 2022.

Only one of this year’s 35 Senate elections didn’t go the same way as the state’s 2020 presidential vote. The exception was Wisconsin.

The new House will have 80 members who’ve served in the military, or 18.4% of members. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the 117th Congress.

Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.