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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 16m

Americans who never attended college are about twice as likely as those with a postgraduate degree to say they could fix a problem with a car's engine.

New @pewresearch.org survey looks at various practical tasks that Americans say they can and can't do.

Navigate with a compass? Fix a car engine? What Americans say they can (and can’t) do

Most Americans express confidence in their ability to do various practical tasks, but they are much less confident in their ability to do other tasks that require more specialized knowledge.

www.pewresearch.org

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1h

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 1h

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1h

Quite the stat: Nearly 40 years after the first National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11), 96% of LGBTQ Americans are out to someone. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Screenshot of an October 2025 Pew Research Center article about LGBTQ Americans who are "out" to someone in their lives.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 2h

Is Portland a "war zone"?

When it comes to important issues facing the country, 80% of Americans say Republicans and Democrats cannot agree on basic facts: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that 80% of Americans say Republican and Democratic voters not only disagree on plans and policies, but also cannot agree on basic facts. The chart is based on a March 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 18h

As the DOJ indicts Letitia James, 62% of Americans say Donald Trump has improperly encouraged federal investigations into his political opponents. That includes 85% of Democrats and 40% of Republicans. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Dot plot showing partisan differences in Americans' views of how Donald Trump has governed since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

42% of Republicans say Trump has improperly used his office to punish people who say things he doesn't like

40% say he's improperly encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents

31% say he's improperly used his office to enrich himself

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: At least 6 in 10 Americans say Trump has improperly...

–used his office to punish people who say things he doesn't like (66%)

–encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)

–used his office to enrich himself and others (61%)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that majorities of Americans believe Donald Trump has improperly used his office in several ways since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

Just to clarify, independents aren't broken out separately in this analysis. That 66% is the figure among all adults, not among independents. (Independents in this analysis are grouped with the party they lean toward.)

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to overstate the reach of YouTube in the US. 85% of adults use it, as do 90% of teens. A new @pewresearch.org survey shows that 85% of kids 12 and under use it, too (according to their parents) – including a majority of kids under the age of 2. www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Bar chart showing that 85% of U.S. children ages 12 or younger watch videos on YouTube, according to their parents. The chart is based on a May 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults with at least one child age 12 or younger.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 2d

NEW @pewresearch.org study looks at how parents of young children manage their kids' screen time.

One of many notable findings: 23% of parents with a child 12 or younger say their kid has their own smartphone – including 8% of parents whose kid is under age 5.

www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Bar chart showing that 23% of U.S. parents with a child 12 or younger say their child has their own smartphone. The chart is based on a Pew Research Center survey of parents of young children, conducted in May 2025.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 2d

As Trump meets with the Canadian prime minister at the White House, Canadians' views of the US and its leadership are at or near historic lows.

Canadians’ opinions of the U.S. and its president are at or near historic lows

About a third of Canadians (34%) have a favorable opinion of the United States today. This is down 20 percentage points since last year.

www.pewresearch.org

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 3d

Since March, Democrats and Republicans alike have become more likely to say that Trump is favoring the Israelis too much. But while that's now the majority view among Democrats (57% say this), it's still very much the minority view among Republicans (18%). www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Bar chart showing an increase since March in the share of Americans who say Donald Trump is favoring the Israelis too much in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Americans in both parties have become more likely to express this view. The chart is based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 3d

Americans under 30 are the most likely age group to say the US is providing too much military assistance to Israel and too little humanitarian assistance to Palestinian citizens. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Bar chart showing age and party differences in Americans' views of whether the United States is providing too much, about the right amount or not enough military assistance to Israel. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 3d

A majority of Democrats in the US now say Israel's military operation against Hamas is "going too far."

45% said this in December 2023
50% in September 2024
60% in September 2025

www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Bar chart showing how U.S. public opinion about Israel's military campaign against Hamas has changed since December 2023, both among Americans overall and by party. The chart is based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 3d

Costco plans to sell Ozempic and Wegovy at a discount: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... (via @washingtonpost.com)

This chart shows the huge, US-driven increase in global sales of these weight-loss drugs in recent years: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Area chart showing a dramatic increase in combined annual sales of Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy from 2018 to 2023. The chart is based on a Pew Research Center analysis of annual reports from Novo Nordisk.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 4d

John Roberts received 78 "yes" votes when the Senate confirmed him as chief justice two decades ago. No other justice has received as much Senate support since then. The last four confirmed justices (KBJ, Barrett, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch) each got 54 or fewer "yes" votes. www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Screenshot of a U.S. Senate website showing confirmation votes for Supreme Court nominees since 2005.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 4d

The US Supreme Court returns today for its new term, two decades after John Roberts became chief justice. As this chart shows, public views of the court are much more negative – and far more politically divided – than 20 years ago. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Line chart showing how public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court has changed in recent decades, both among Americans overall and among Republicans and Democrats. The chart is based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 4d

As Bari Weiss becomes the new editor of CBS News, 30% of Americans say they regularly get news there.

39% say they trust it as a news source (56% of Democrats vs. 23% of Republicans).

23% say they distrust it (40% of Republicans vs. 6% of Democrats).

www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...

News Media Tracker

Pew Research Center’s News Media Tracker shows data on Americans’ awareness of, use of and trust in 30 major news sources to map out part of the U.S. media ecosystem.

www.pewresearch.org

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 4d

So far at least, Americans are lukewarm about AI summaries in search results. Relatively few who have seen them think they're extremely or very useful (20%) or have a lot of trust in the information they get from them (6%). New data from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that 20% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results believe these summaries are extremely or very useful. Far more (52%) see them as somewhat useful, while 28% see them as not too or not at all useful. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Bar chart showing that 6% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results have a lot of trust in the information they get from these summaries. Another 48% have some trust in this information, while 34% have not too much trust and 12% have no trust at all. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 5d

29% of Americans expect the economy to be better a year from now, but substantially more (46%) expect it to be worse: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 5d

Trump’s advisers, rather than dwell on shaky economic data, have painted a rosy outlook for next year.

Trump’s Team Hones a New Message Pledging Economic Gains Next Year

Advisers are privately assuring the president that his policies will pay off.

on.wsj.com

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

A majority of Republicans (56%) say current economic conditions in the US are only fair or poor. Republicans have also become less optimistic about the future direction of the economy, as this chart shows. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that a declining share of Republicans in the United States believe economic conditions will be better a year from now. The chart also shows that a broad majority of Democrats continue to believe that economic conditions will be worse a year from now. The chart is based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

NEW @pewresearch.org data on views of the economy:

26% of Americans say current economic conditions are excellent or good, while 74% say they're only fair or poor. As in the past, partisans' economic assessments are related to who's in the White House.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Line chart showing partisan differences in Americans' assessments of national economic conditions, based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults between 2016 and 2025.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 7d

Chart: Who bets on sports? www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing demographic differences in the percentage of Americans who say they've personally bet on sports in the past year. The chart is based on a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults, conducted in July and August 2025.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 7d

21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.

16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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