Politics & Policy - Research and data from Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/politics-policy/ Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:54:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/images/symbol-alt.svg Politics & Policy - Research and data from Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/politics-policy/ 32 32 222456345 What the data says about Medicaid https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/24/what-the-data-says-about-medicaid/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:52:13 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=263264 The joint federal-state health insurance program covered 71.4 million Americans as of January 2025.

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]]> 263264 NATO Viewed Favorably Across 13 Member Nations https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/23/nato-viewed-favorably-across-13-member-nations/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:56:52 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=262904 Ahead of the June 2025 NATO summit, international views of Putin and Russia remain negative, while Zelenskyy gets mixed ratings overall.

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]]> 262904 How Americans view the GOP’s budget and tax bill https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/17/how-americans-view-the-gops-budget-and-tax-bill/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:29:16 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=262708 Far more Americans oppose the legislation than favor it. Nearly half (49%) oppose it, while 29% favor it. Another 21% are not sure.

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]]> 262708 Americans’ views on abortion differ by state https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/12/americans-views-on-abortion-differ-by-state/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:56:11 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=262218 In 34 states and D.C., more people say abortion generally should be legal than say it generally should be illegal.

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]]> 262218 Public Opinion on Abortion https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:53:08 +0000 Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines.

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]]> 6499 From weight-loss drugs to raw milk, Americans hear more often about some health topics than others https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/12/from-weight-loss-drugs-to-raw-milk-americans-hear-more-often-about-some-health-topics-than-others/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:55:23 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=262145 About half of U.S. adults (53%) say they hear or read about Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs being used for weight loss extremely or very often.

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]]> 262145 U.S. Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/us-image-declines-in-many-nations-amid-low-confidence-in-trump/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:55:18 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=261646 More than half of adults in 19 of 24 countries surveyed lack confidence in Trump’s leadership on the world stage.

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]]> 261646 The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:19:36 +0000 Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to both use and trust many major news sources, according to Pew Research Center.

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]]> 261022 6 facts about the U.S. military https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/06/6-facts-about-the-us-military/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:57:28 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=261414 Ahead of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary, here are six facts about the military.

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]]> 261414 More Americans disapprove than approve of the job Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing as U.S. health secretary https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/05/more-americans-disapprove-than-approve-of-the-job-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-doing-as-us-health-secretary/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:00:01 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=261217 Around seven-in-ten Democrats (72%) disapprove of the job Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing, compared with 14% of Republicans.

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