Dec 15, 2023
Stat: 57%: The percentage of Americans who believe that partisan conflicts receive too much attention these days.
Story: A majority of Americans say partisan fighting gets too much attention while important issues facing the country get too little. In the final episode of our season on polarization, Utah Governor...
Dec 1, 2023
Stat:
79%: The share of Americans who believe access to the internet
and social media has made people more divided in their political
opinions.
Story: Social media plays a significant role in
society, but data shows that most Americans believe it
negatively affects our democracy and contributes to
polarization. In...
Nov 17, 2023
Stat: 65%: The share of Americans who say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics.
Story: Political polarization has become overwhelming for the majority of Americans, with most agreeing that more attention is being paid to partisan fighting than solving the nation’s problems. But there is...
Nov 3, 2023
Stat: An inaccurate “double”: Both Democrats and Republicans imagine that almost twice as many of their political opponents hold more extreme views than they really do, according to a study by More in Common.
Story: During times of increased polarization and increasing stresses on democracy, researchers are studying...
Oct 27, 2023
If discussing politics feels different today, that’s because it is. Pew Research Center reports that 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics because of the country’s deep partisan divisions. As polarization increases and trust declines, how can we move...