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Very few – just 5% – say only one issue or no issues are highly important. Majorities of both Harris supporters (71%) and Trump supporters (69%) say at least five of 10 issues included in the survey are very important to their vote. Harris supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to say most of the issues included are very important.
Democrats hold the edge on many issues, but more Americans agree with Republicans on the economy, crime and immigration. Inflation remains the top concern for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, with 77% saying it is a very big problem. For Democrats and Democratic leaners, gun violence is the top concern, with about 81% saying it is a very big problem.
About half of workers (52%) now say focusing on increasing DEI at work is mainly a good thing, down from 56% in February 2023. While 84% of Americans and 74% of Germans perceived U.S.-German relations as good, their views differed on some international issues. In the year since Hamas attacked Israel ...
Smaller but substantial shares of adults name the media and political discourse (9%), the influence of money in politics (7%), government’s perceived failures (6%), specific policy areas and issues (6%) or problems with elections and voting (4%) as the biggest problem with the political system today.
The quality of public K-12 schools, climate change and international terrorism each rate lower on the public’s list of the country’s top problems, though majorities rate these and several other issues included in the survey as at least moderately big problems.
Note: A new report is available as of Aug. 26, 2024: “The Political Values of Harris and Trump Supporters.” The report and its accompanying detailed tables update the material in this report, examining how these issues are viewed by supporters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
The same relationship between political engagement and in-party issue agreement is seen among Democrats. Nine-in-ten highly engaged Democrats agree with their own party on most of the seven issues, compared with 72% of Democrats with medium levels of political engagement and 63% of Democrats with low levels of political engagement.
Congress continues to face gridlock on a variety of issues, and members of both political parties are less willing than they were a year ago to support concessions from their parties’ leaders to achieve results, a January survey found. Nearly half of Democrats (48%) want Biden to “stand up” to Republicans on issues important to his voters ...
Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
Only about three-in-ten Democrats identify these issues as very big problems. Since last summer, Republicans and Democrats have diverged sharply in their views of whether the federal budget deficit represents a very big problem.