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@pewresearch.org68% of Americans say it's at least somewhat acceptable for news organizations and journalists to criticize politicians.
A smaller majority (56%) say it’s OK for politicians to criticize news organizations or journalists.
@pewresearch.orgStudent-led protests in France against underfunded schools have drawn hundreds of thousands of people. At the same time, France faces a growing debt crisis. In our spring 2026 survey, 85% of French adults said the economy is bad, a pessimism that has grown since 2022 across education levels.
@pewresearch.orgA month out from the 2026 midterm election, the costs of many household essentials are a top economic concern for most Americans.
@pewresearch.orgThe economy is the top issue among both voters who prefer Republican and Democratic candidates. But Republican and Democratic voters differ considerably over the importance of many other issues asked about on the survey.
@pewresearch.orgIn our new survey, we found that most Americans expect the Iran conflict to continue for at least another six months. In March, Americans were relatively optimistic the operation would end quickly: 43% said it would be over in six months or less.
@pewresearch.orgHealth and wellness influencers who post about medical topics are most often healthcare professionals.
Influencers without a health professional background tend to shy away from medical topics – but don’t avoid them entirely.
@pewresearch.orgDemocratic voters are more engaged and motivated to vote this fall. 78% of voters who say they support their House district’s Democratic candidate in the midterms say it “really matters” which party wins control of Congress – 9 points higher than the share of Republican backers who say this.
@pewresearch.orgColumbus Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October, is a U.S. federal holiday, which means federal workers get a paid day off and there is no mail delivery. Some states observe Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day on the same day, while others have additional commemorations.
@pewresearch.orgWhether you’re an urban, suburban or rural American may reveal something about how you engage with your community.
For example, suburban Americans are slightly more likely than urban or rural Americans to have volunteered in the past year.
@pewresearch.orgHow do Americans currently view the U.S. conflict with Iran? In our new survey, we found that 65% of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the U.S. military action in Iran, while 33% approve.
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@pewresearch.orgOur new survey looks at Americans’ views ahead of the 2026 midterm election. We found a deep public dissatisfaction with the state of the nation, near-record low approval of President Donald Trump and growing negativity about national economic conditions.
@pewresearch.org92% of health and wellness influencers include promotions in their feeds at least occasionally.
And around a third do so in half or more of their posts.
@pewresearch.orgIn a 2025 survey, 56% of U.S. adults said they privately chatted about or shared online news in the week leading up to our survey. Publicly engaging is less common: 26% of U.S. adults said they had publicly posted, shared or commented about news in the prior week.
@pewresearch.orgHow are data centers impacting jobs? Views on how data centers impact local jobs and local tax revenue are mixed. Similar shares of Americans say data centers are mostly good and mostly bad for these things.
@pewresearch.orgA third of payments in 2015 were in cash, followed by debit cards and credit cards. In 2025, credit cards made up the highest share of payments at 34%, followed by debit cards and cash. What is your go-to payment method? 💵 💳
@pewresearch.orgCan AI take a survey instead of humans? They can, but maybe they shouldn’t.
As #AI advances, there is growing interest in using it in place of real respondents in public opinion surveys.
We wanted to learn more, so we ran our own synthetic polling experiment.
@pewresearch.orgWhat kind of consequences should news organizations face if they publish false information?
A large majority of Americans (81%) say the news organization should publish a correction in all or most cases. Americans are more divided on other consequences.
@pewresearch.orgWhat do health and wellness influencers post about?
We analyzed over half a million social media posts from more than 6,000 influencers. Just over half of these posts talk about healthy living, including topics like fitness, nutrition and developing healthy habits.
@pewresearch.orgAs midterms approach, Democrats and Republicans differ on many issues. But when it comes to how they engage in public life across news, politics, religion and civic life, these two major U.S. political parties are quite similar.
