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1. Americans are less likely than people in many other countries to see gambling as morally wrong

   In many other surveyed countries, about half of adults or more see gambling as immoral. This includes 89% in Indonesia, 83% in India and 71% in Italy.

2. Federal workforce shrank 10% in Trump’s first year back in office

   The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education Department and USAID had the steepest cuts.

3. Methodology

   The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 185 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted Jan. 20-26, 2026. A total of 8,512 panelists responded out of 9,302 who were sampled, for a survey-level response rate […]

4. Appendix: Categorizing state abortion laws

   To categorize state laws on abortion, Center researchers referenced data from The New York Times. Data and classifications for each state are current as of March 9, 2026. Refer to the table below for more detail.

5. Acknowledgments

   This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political Research Steven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherGabe Borelli, Research AssociateAndrew Daniller, Research AssociateAndy Cerda, Research AnalystJoseph Copeland, Research...

6. Do abortion attitudes differ by gender?

   While partisan differences on abortion dominate, a gender gap has emerged among Repuublican men and women.

7. Majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal

   More than half of Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state, while a much smaller share (26%) say it should be illegal.

8. Majority of Americans Continue to Say Abortion Should Be Legal in All or Most Cases

   A 60% majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. This share is down slightly from the last few years.

9. Public Opinion on Abortion

   Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines.

10. Key findings about how Americans view artificial intelligence

    Drawing on five years of Pew Research Center surveys, here are 13 findings about how Americans use and view AI, and where they see promise and risk.