Pew Research Center

A majority of Americans (53%) lack confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs, including 25% who have no confidence in him at all.

Just how “small” are small businesses? Among the roughly 6 million small business employer firms in the U.S., 49% have just 1-4 workers, according to Census Bureau data from 2021.

Most Americans believe K-12 STEM education in the United States is either average or below average compared with other wealthy nations, according to a new Center survey. Recent global standardized test scores show that students in the U.S. are, in fact, lagging behind in math, but doing better than average in science.

A growing share of Americans say reducing crime should be a top priority for the president and Congress to address this year. But how much crime is there in the U.S., and how have crime rates changed over time?

As the 2024 presidential race heats up, American voters face a similar set of choices as they did four years ago – and many are not happy about it. Nearly half of registered voters say that if they had the ability to decide the major party candidates for the 2024 election, they would replace both Biden and Trump on the ballot. And voters have little confidence in either candidate across a range of key traits, including fitness for office, personal ethics and respect for democratic values.

I really enjoyed chatting with Patrice Fenton, PhD and Nicholas Zaveri for their podcast Educate U.S. We used Pew Research Center's new survey of teachers as a jumping off point for a very thoughtful conversation about what it's like to be a teacher in America today.

Americans’ views of the United Nations have become slightly more negative over the past year, with divisions along partisan and ideological lines. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are more than twice as likely as Republicans and Republican leaners to have a favorable view of the UN (71% vs. 34%).

Protecting the U.S. from terrorism and reducing the flow of illegal drugs into the country are top foreign policy issues overall, but Democrats and Republicans have very different priorities. https://pewrsr.ch/4b7tELB

A large majority of Americans see the freedom of the press as highly important to the well-being of society, but many express concerns about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the United States. Ahead of #WorldPressFreedomDay, explore our findings:

Let’s break down Pew Research Center’s public opinion data on banning TikTok 📉Support for the U.S. gov’t to ban the app is on the decline - was 50% in March 2023, dropped to 38% in October 2023 🔴🔵Republicans remain far more likely than Democrats to support a ban (50% vs. 29%) 🧒🧓Views vary widely by age — youngest being the least supportive of a ban, oldest being most supportive 💬🤔Still, some don’t know what to think of this: 38% said they are not sure if the gov’t should be banning TikTok Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eSDQt6yX