Political Issues

Joe Biden is just the second Catholic president in U.S. history, after John F. Kennedy. Most U.S. adults know that Biden is Catholic, including majorities within both major political parties, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

67% of U.S. Catholics say Joe Biden should be allowed to receive Communion during Mass, while 29% say he should not be allowed to do this.

In Americans' views of some aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is little, or only modest, partisan difference.

Americans are much less likely to say there is discrimination against White people: 40% say White people face at least some discrimination.

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.

The $7.25 federal minimum wage is used in just 21 states, which collectively account for about 40% of all U.S. wage and salary workers.

Just 9% of the public says it will be less than six months before most public activities operate about as they did before the outbreak.

A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump.

More Americans say the Biden administration made a "good faith" effort working with the opposition than say the same of GOP leaders.

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