Most Americans say it would be ‘too risky’ to give presidents, including Trump, more power
Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say it would be “too risky” to give Trump more power to deal directly with many of the nation’s problems.
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Confidence in federal civil servants remains far lower among Republicans than Democrats
Overall, a slim majority of Americans (55%) express a great deal or fair amount of confidence in federal career employees, while 44% have little or no confidence.
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5 Years Later: America Looks Back at the Impact of COVID-19
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together.
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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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Biden granted more acts of clemency than any prior president
Former President Joe Biden granted 4,245 acts of clemency during his four-year tenure in the White House, more than any previous president on record.
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What Americans think about Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term
Nearly six-in-ten Americans (59%) say they approve of Trump increasing efforts to deport people who are living in the U.S. illegally.
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Public Anticipates Changes With Trump but Is Split Over Whether They Will Be Good or Bad
As Trump returns to the White House, Republicans are upbeat about Trump’s actions and agenda, but Democrats find little to like.
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Voters Broadly Positive About How Elections Were Conducted, in Sharp Contrast to 2020
Trump voters’ skepticism about election administration and the counting of mail-in ballots declined sharply with their candidate’s win.
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Wide partisan divisions remain in Americans’ views of the war in Ukraine
Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say the United States is providing too much support to Ukraine (42% vs. 13%).
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After Trump’s victory, Democrats are more pessimistic about their party’s future
The partisan gap in Republican and Democratic views of their parties’ futures (35 percentage points) is much larger than after any recent election.
