42% of U.S. adults expect deportations to lead to higher food prices in their area
A majority of Democrats (64%) expect costs to go up as a result of deportations, while 19% of Republicans share this view.
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5 facts about food costs in America
About six-in-ten U.S. adults say food costs are extremely or very important to them when deciding what to buy.
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Who should make sure people know how to verify news, according to Americans?
Most are at least somewhat confident they know how to check a news story’s accuracy, but they’re less sure others can do this well.
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Podcasts and News Fact Sheet
Podcasts are playing a bigger role in Americans’ news diets. Around a third of U.S. adults say they get news from podcasts at least sometimes.
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Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls
Among adults who have not paid for news in the past year, the most common reason they cite is that they can find plenty of other news articles for free.
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Americans’ experiences with religious audio programming
About half of U.S. adults listen to religious programming, including music and podcasts. Read about who tunes in, what they listen to and why, based on a 2025 survey.
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State of the Union 2026: Where Americans stand on key issues facing the nation
Ahead of the State of the Union, here’s a look at U.S. public opinion on key policy issues, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
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Republicans think economy will improve over the next year, Democrats expect it to get worse
About three-quarters of Republicans (73%) expect the economy to be better a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, while 64% of Democrats say it’ll be worse.
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Buying a home has gotten harder for young adults in most U.S. metro areas
About nine-in-ten adults under 40 say buying a home is harder than it was for their parents, as rising prices and mortgage rates push homeownership further out of reach.
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How voting, political participation and news sources differ across political typology groups
Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into nine groups based on their political values and attitudes. Some groups are very ideologically consistent and deeply partisan, while others represent different combinations of values and are more ideologically mixed. But the groups also vary in the relative importance they place on politics itself and the extent […]
