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• Musk Lays Out Plans to Meld Brains and Computers

  21-04-2017 14:54
  
  Elon Musk confirmed plans for his newest company, Neuralink, revealing he will be CEO of the startup that aims to merge computers with brains so humans could one day engage in “consensual telepathy.”
  
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• 8. Gun attitudes and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Perhaps no topic divides voters more deeply than the role that firearms have in American life. By overwhelming margins, Joe Biden’s supporters prioritize gun control over gun rights and say gun ownership does more to reduce than increase safety; roughly eight-in-ten Biden supporters (83%) say the increase in guns in the U.S. is at least […]
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• 7. Crime, policing and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Republicans and Democrats have long diverged on the topics of how much of a problem crime is in the country and how to approach policing and the criminal justice system. Those differences are reflected in the current survey in how supporters of the two major party candidates for president view the treatment of criminals by […]
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• 6. Religious values and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Voters who support Joe Biden and Donald Trump have starkly different views of the role religion should play in the U.S. government and politics. Across several measures, Trump supporters are much more likely than Biden supporters to favor an expansive government role in support of religion. At the same time, larger shares of Trump supporters […]
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• 5. Gender identity, sexual orientation and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Voters who support Joe Biden and Donald Trump have wide differences across a broad range of issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation. Trump supporters overwhelmingly say a person’s gender is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth. A majority of Biden supporters, by a less one-sided margin, say someone can be […]
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• 4. Gender, family, reproductive issues and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Biden and Trump voters differ sharply over the state of women’s progress in the U.S., as well as over whether society should prioritize marriage and children. Yet majorities of both candidates’ supporters say that the gains women have made in society have not come at the expense of men. Nearly two years after the Supreme […]
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• 3. America, its history and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Most American voters (72%) place a lot of importance on publicly discussing the nation’s historical successes and strengths – with nearly as many (68%) placing a similar level of importance on discussing the country’s flaws. There is also some common ground in how the coalitions view the U.S.: Clear majorities of both Biden and Trump […]
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• 2. Immigration attitudes and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Voters who are backing Joe Biden this fall and those who back Donald Trump express sharply contrasting views about immigration. In part, this reflects long-standing gaps between Republicans and Democrats over how much of a problem illegal immigration is for the country, and recent differences in views about the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump […]
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• 1. Racial attitudes and the 2024 election

  06-06-2024 17:56 via pewresearch.org
  
  Voters who favor Joe Biden and those who favor Donald Trump hold very different views about race and ethnicity in American society. Some of the starkest differences across all the political values in this study are over the degree to which Black Americans continue to be affected by the legacy of slavery and whether White […]
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• The State of the Asian American Middle Class

  31-05-2024 15:49 via pewresearch.org
  
  The share of Asian Americans in the U.S. middle class has held steady since 2010, while the share in the upper-income tier has grown.
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• The State of the American Middle Class

  31-05-2024 15:49 via pewresearch.org
  
  As the financial divide has grown, a smaller share of Americans now live in middle-class households. Here are key facts about this group.
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• Israeli Views of the Israel-Hamas War

  30-05-2024 15:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  Israelis are divided over the military response in Gaza, with Arabs much more likely than Jews to say it’s gone too far. Arabs’ and Jews’ views of many aspects of the war differ.
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• 3. Assessing the future in light of the war

  30-05-2024 15:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  Despite their mixed opinions about the military response to Hamas and concerns about the war expanding and going on a long time, most Israelis were confident in our recent survey (conducted in March and early April) that their country will achieve its war aims. By roughly two to one, more feel optimistic than pessimistic about […]
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• 2. Israeli views of Biden, the U.S. and diplomacy in resolving the conflict

  30-05-2024 15:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  In our survey fielded from March 3 to April 4, 2024 – prior to the Biden administration’s statement about halting the shipment of some arms to Israel – Israelis offer somewhat mixed reviews of President Joe Biden and his actions during the conflict. For example, while 57% of Israelis express confidence in U.S. President Joe […]
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• Public’s Positive Economic Ratings Slip; Inflation Still Widely Viewed as Major Problem

  23-05-2024 21:00 via pewresearch.org
  
  Majorities of both Republicans and Democrats remain fearful about the state of the country.
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• 2. Top problems facing the U.S.

  23-05-2024 21:00 via pewresearch.org
  
  Inflation and the affordability of health care top the public’s list of the biggest problems facing the country, with 62% of Americans describing inflation as a very big problem and 60% saying this about health care costs. Narrower majorities say that partisan cooperation (57%), drug addiction (55%) and gun violence (53%) are very big problems […]
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• 1. Views of the nation’s economy

  23-05-2024 21:00 via pewresearch.org
  
  Fewer than a quarter of Americans (23%) currently rate the country’s economic conditions as excellent or good, while 36% say they are poor and about four-in-ten (41%) view conditions as “only fair.” While positive ratings of the economy have slowly climbed since the summer of 2022, there has been a slight drop  since the start […]
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• Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in the U.S.

  23-05-2024 17:55 via pewresearch.org
  
  64% of Americans live within 2 miles of a public electric vehicle charging station, and those who live closest to chargers view EVs more positively
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• Appendix B: Vehicle-to-charger ratios for each state

  23-05-2024 17:55 via pewresearch.org
  
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• Appendix A: Regression analyses

  23-05-2024 17:55 via pewresearch.org
  
  The following table details the results of a series of statistical models predicting various measures related to people’s attitudes toward electric vehicles from a set of explanatory variables, or predictors. These models can be interpreted as estimating the effect of proximity to charging infrastructure on these outcomes of interest, while controlling for other factors related […]
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• Is College Worth It?

  23-05-2024 15:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  Americans have mixed views on the importance of having a degree. 47% say the cost is worth it only if someone doesn’t have to take out loans.
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• 2. Public views on the value of a college degree

  23-05-2024 15:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  We asked Americans what they think about the value of a four-year college degree from a few different angles: The importance of a four-year college degree Four-in-ten Americans say it is not too or not at all important to have a four-year college degree in order to get a well-paying job in today’s economy. Only […]
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• 1. Labor market and economic trends for young adults

  23-05-2024 15:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  A majority of the nation’s 36 million workers ages 25 to 34 have not completed a four-year college degree. In 2023, there were 19 million young workers who had some college or less education, including those who had not finished high school. The overall number of employed young adults has grown over the decades as […]
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• Methodology 

  20-05-2024 17:50 via pewresearch.org
  
  Pew Research Center has a long history of conducting surveys that examine the views of American voters. This analysis of Black voters’ views on political party affiliation, policy priorities and 2024 presidential candidates relies on data from four of these studies. Study 1: U.S. adults’ views on domestic policy priorities  The first was conducted among […]
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• An Early Look at Black Voters’ Views on Biden, Trump and Election 2024

  20-05-2024 17:50 via pewresearch.org
  
  Black voters are more confident in Biden than Trump when it comes to having the qualities needed to serve another term.
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• When Online Content Disappears

  17-05-2024 19:57 via pewresearch.org
  
  A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
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• Half of Latinas Say Hispanic Women’s Situation Has Improved in the Past Decade and Expect More Gains

  15-05-2024 17:59 via pewresearch.org
  
  Government data shows gains in education, employment and earnings for Hispanic women, but gaps with other groups remain.
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• Appendix: Supplemental charts and tables

  15-05-2024 17:59 via pewresearch.org
  
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• 3. Educational and economic differences among Latinas today

  15-05-2024 17:59 via pewresearch.org
  
  Though Latinas have collectively seen socioeconomic gains, their educational and economic circumstances are varied. Younger Latinas and U.S.-born Latinas, for instance, are more likely to report having a bachelor’s degree than older and immigrant Latinas, respectively. This chapter explores how other characteristics such as spouse or partner ethnicity and presence of their children at home […]
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• 2. How Latinas’ educational and economic situation has changed in the last two decades

  15-05-2024 17:59 via pewresearch.org
  
  Latinas have made considerable gains on several fronts in the last two decades. The share with a bachelor’s degree has roughly doubled since 2003, and their labor force participation rate and median hourly wage have both increased. However, Hispanic women still lag Hispanic men, non-Hispanic White men and non-Hispanic women in labor force participation and […]
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