Views as of 2018

The Pew Research Center is a major producer of polls. The following are what they consider their most interesting findings of 2018. 

1. Post-Millennials – today’s 6- to 21-year-olds, also known as Generation Z – are on track to be the most racially and ethnically diverse generation yet.

2. There were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in 2016, down from a peak of 12.2 million in 2007.

3. Younger Americans are better than their elders at separating factual from opinion statements in the news.

4. Americans generally agree on the democratic ideals and values they see as important for the U.S. – but they say the country is falling short in living up to them.

5. About six-in-ten women in the U.S. (59%) say they have been sexually harassed.

6.Young adults who use Facebook are particularly likely to have deleted the Facebook app from their phone at some point in the past year.

7. A declining share of U.S. Catholics say Pope Francis  is doing a good or excellent job addressing the church’s sex abuse scandal.

8. The number of refugees resettled in the U.S. decreased more than in any other country in 2017.

9. A majority of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 (57%) fear a shooting could happen at their school, and most parents of teens share their concern.

10. A majority of U.S. teens (59%) have experienced some form of cyberbullying.

11. Most people around the globe say China plays a more important role in the world today than it did a decade ago – but most also say it’s better for the U.S. to lead the way.

12. Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to favor making it easy for every citizen to vote.

13. Almost seven-in-ten Americans (68%) feel worn out by the amount of news there is these days.

14. Income inequality in the U.S. is greatest among Asians.

15. Nine-in-ten Americans believe in a higher power, but just a slim majority (56%) believes in God as described in the Bible.

16. Most Americans (59%) say climate change is affecting their local community at least some, especially those who live near a coast.

17. Most Central and Eastern Europeans oppose same-sex marriage, while most Western Europeans favor it.

18. “Bots” on Twitter may be behind more link sharing than human beings.