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Pollcat, AKA Scott Keeter
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Part-time survey advisor at Pew Research Center, hiker, bad golfer, hoops fan
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We just released a new report exploring views of Americans about the Israel-Hamas war, including views among Jewish and Muslim Americans. Despite sharp disagreement on many questions, a majority of the public (57%) expresses sympathy for both the Palestinian and Israeli people pewrsr.ch/4co9bUo

Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas
Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas

57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.

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We just released a new analysis about the potential for opt-in surveys -- those where people volunteer to take surveys -- to provide misleading results, especially for young adults and Hispanics pewrsr.ch/49BMhqF

Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults
Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults

We examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans.

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We look at measures of religious affiliation, family income, political party affiliation, gender identity and sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and age and generation. Many of these measures have evolved over time in response to growing diversity and changing attitudes among the U.S. public.

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To help describe the richness of public opinion, pollsters sort people into groups based on their religion, race, gender, partisanship and more. We've written a new data essay that takes a look at the stories behind those measures www.pewresearch.org/methods/2024...

Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity
Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity

As a shop that studies human behavior through surveys and other social scientific techniques, we have a good line of sight into the contradictory nature of human preferences. Here's a look at how we c...

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Last year, my colleagues talked to a group of people who, while they may vote, are not strongly attached to either political party. By and large, they look at the nation’s politics as a topic better avoided than embraced. Here’s what some of them had to say: www.pewresearch.org/politics/?p=...

Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics
Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics

Untethered from partisan politics and uninterested in keeping up with political news, here is how some Americans view the current state of U.S. politics.

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NEW from the Pew Research Center: Striking findings from 2023 These findings and charts from the past year include a record-high share of unmarried Americans, record-low views of the Supreme Court, rising public concern about artificial intelligence, and more. Read the full list: pewrsr.ch/47PSOx4

Featured image for Pew Research Center's annual list of striking findings from the past year
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Looking for some non-political content to give your nerves a break? Visit the little village of Tipping Point USA to compare your tipping habits with those of a representative sample of U.S. adults www.pewresearch.org/2023/11/28/d...

Do You Tip More or Less Often Than the Average American?
Do You Tip More or Less Often Than the Average American?

Compare your tipping habits with those of the overall public by visiting Tipping Point, the small town with a big-city feel.

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Pew Research Center has just released estimates and data from its annual National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS), which interviewed 5,733 U.S. adults identified via address-based sampling. The study had a 31% response rate. View the estimates and download the raw data: pewrsr.ch/3LKNIJC

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Pollcat, AKA Scott Keeter
@pollcat.bsky.social
Part-time survey advisor at Pew Research Center, hiker, bad golfer, hoops fan
190 followers291 following14 posts