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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Aug 10

I engage in a similar exercise but via the number of complaints my parents give me about the “newfangled” clues.

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks for promoting it!

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Apr 8

Since 2023, the share of Americans who say trade between the U.S. and Canada benefits Canada more than the U.S. has gone up 8 pts -- almost entirely due to shifting Rep attitudes

- In 2023, 20% of Reps said Canada benefited more than the U.S. from their trade relationship
- Today, 46% say this

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Apr 8

Before April 2, Americans were more likely to say tariffs on China would be bad for the country and for them personally

When it comes to the personal impact of these tariffs on China, Reps are more likely to say the impact will be bad (30%) than good (17%), though they are more positive than Dems

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Apr 8

Around 1-in-5 Americans think Trump is extremely or very likely to pursue taking over Greenland or Gaza -- and majorities oppose both.

More Republicans support (41%) than oppose (28%) taking over Greenland. But, in the case of Gaza, more Republicans oppose (44%) than support (27%) the idea.

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Apr 8

A 43% plurality of Americans say Trump is favoring Russia too much
- Among Ds, 72% say he's favoring Russia too much; 16% of Rs agree
- 57% of Rs say he's striking the right balance

Views are more divided re: Israelis/Palestinians: 31% say favoring Israelis too much, 31% striking the right balance

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Apr 8

More Americans disapprove than approve of the U.S.:
- Leaving the WHO
- Leaving the Paris Climate Agreement
- Ending most USAID programs

There are wide partisan gaps on each, though, with 58%-64% of Republicans supporting each, compared with single digit support among Democrats

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Apr 8

NEW from @pewresearch.org today: Americans Give Early Trump Foreign Policy Actions Mixed or Negative Reviews

www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Below, a thread of some key findings

Americans Give Early Trump Foreign Policy Actions Mixed or Negative Reviews

More disapprove than approve of leaving the WHO and ending USAID. About half see tariffs on China as bad for the U.S. and them personally, but views differ by party.

www.pewresearch.org

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Mar 12

Maybe it's because you have well behaved children :)

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Mar 12

Is it unacceptable to play music out loud in public? Or wear earbuds while talking to a shopkeeper? What about to bring a pet into a grocery store? @pewresearch.org has new data on what Americans think is unacceptable in public

pewrsr.ch/43E03sH

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Mar 4

I confess I’m a bit intrigued by the Chinese one … Noodles?!

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Mar 2

And the thin man’s dog. To learn that, I had to first learn the thin man. Woe is Asta

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Mar 1

My mother called me to complain how often bae has been in there recently …

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 28

Who Americans expect to LOSE influence in the new Trump administration, per @pewresearch.org ?

- Transgender people 84%
- Gay and lesbian people 75%
- Hispanic people 62%
- Poor people 56%
- Black people 53%

pewrsr.ch/4idN8Cx

Americans expect corporations, the wealthy, White people and other groups to gain influence under Trump

Overwhelming majorities expect transgender people (84%) and gay and lesbian people (76%) to lose influence under Trump.

pewrsr.ch

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 28

Who Americans expect to gain influence in the new Trump administration according to a new @pewresearch.org survey:

- Business corporations 70%
- Wealthy people 65%
- White people 60%
- The military 57%
- Men 55%
- Evangelical Christians 48%

pewrsr.ch/4idN8Cx

Americans expect corporations, the wealthy, White people and other groups to gain influence under Trump

Overwhelming majorities expect transgender people (84%) and gay and lesbian people (76%) to lose influence under Trump.

pewrsr.ch

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 26

@pewresearch.org published an amazing interactive today that lets you explore religion at the national and state level, as well as dig into 34 metro areas.

For example, in DC, where I live, 31% are religiously unaffiliated, 27% attend religious services at least once a week and 49% believe in hell

Becka Alper @balper.bsky.social · Feb 26

Explore the new Religious Landscape Study data here www.pewresearch.org/RLS-database

Religious Landscape Study | Pew Research Center

The Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans’ religious identities, beliefs and practices that’s been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.

www.pewresearch.org

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 21

NEW from @pewresearch.org:
- 56% of Americans disapprove of Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship
- Most Dems disapprove (84%); most Reps approve (72%) - though Dem disapproval is more widespread and intense than Rep approval
- Rep views differ by race and ethnicity
pewrsr.ch/4kcSKOv

Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship draws more disapproval than approval

Overall, 56% of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, while 43% approve.

pewrsr.ch

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 19

New data from @pewresearch.org: 42% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Musk -- but it's highly partisan (73% of Rs have a favorable view; 12% of Ds)

25% of Americans have favorable views of Zuckerberg and it's less partisan (34% R, 17% D)

More here: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 12

Interesting finding in the new @pewresearch.org COVID-19 report: 39% of Americans are not sure what the current health guidelines are for someone who gets COVID-19.

33% think there's no point in people testing for COVID-19 and 40% that it's no worse than a cold or flu

www.pewresearch.org?p=199451

60% of Democrats worry we’re not taking COVID-19 seriously enough, 76% of Republicans disagree

www.pewresearch.org

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 12

Great new @pewresearch.org report focused on COVID's impact 5 years later:
- 72% of Americans think the pandemic did more to drive the country apart than bring it together
- 75% say the pandemic took a toll on them but the vast majority say they have recovered at least somewhat

pewrsr.ch/43bH20P

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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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 7

(5/5) In a March 2023 survey, only a third of Americans said U.S. foreign aid mostly benefits developing countries, while slightly more (37%) said such aid both benefits and harms these countries, and 8% said it mostly harms developing countries. A fairly large share (17%) said they weren’t sure.

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 7

(4/5) Pew Research Center surveys on federal spending have long found split opinions on “economic assistance to needy people around the world.” In 2019, 35% of U.S. adults wanted to increase spending on such aid, 33% wanted to keep it the same, and 28% wanted to decrease it.

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 7

(3/5) In fiscal 2023, U.S. aid dollars supported programs in 177 countries, with Ukraine as the biggest recipient.

But 14.7% of all aid spending is on HIV/AIDS, 2% goes to combatting pandemic influenza and other public health threats, and 21.7% goes to disaster relief and other humanitarian aid.

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 7

(2/5) In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. government disbursed $71.9 billion in foreign aid. That's about 1.2% of that year's total federal outlays.

Since fiscal 2001, foreign aid has ranged between .7% and 1.4% of total federal outlays.

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Laura Silver @lauraruthsilver.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's an extremely timely new piece from @pewresearch.org on foreign aid, answering questions like how much the federal government spends on foreign aid, what it's used for, who receives it, and how Americans feel about it: pewrsr.ch/4hilaox

Some facts in a thread below (1/5)

What the data says about U.S. foreign aid

The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.

pewrsr.ch

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