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Americans' ratings of the seriousness of crime nationally continue to be much more negative than their perceptions of crime at home.

The 46% of U.S. adults who say their income taxes are fair essentially matches the record-low 45% from 1999.

Gallup data show U.S. marriage rates have declined since 1980, especially among Democrats compared with Republicans.

The 2024 election isn't sparking unusually high or low enthusiasm among the American public. Republicans hold a slight enthusiasm edge over Democrats.

Americans as a whole favor addressing the root causes of crime over boosting law enforcement, and they oppose using military force in U.S. cities, but partisans' views strongly differ.

Fewer Americans see national or local crime rising or view these as serious problems, but concerns about child safety and financial fraud remain.

Over half of U.S. adults (51%) in 2025 believe companies should speak out on current events, up from 38% in 2024.

In 2023, 43% of U.S. adults identified as independents, tying the record high from 2014. Meanwhile, Democratic identification fell to a new low of 27%.

While half of Americans view socialism as a bad thing for the country, 43% say it would be a good thing, a much smaller gap than when last measured in 1942.

Between 2020 and 2024, Americans' confidence in the U.S. judicial system and courts declined by 24 percentage points, one of the largest country-level drops for the courts measured globally since 2006.