Few Americans express positive views of Trump’s conduct in office

Just 15% of U.S. adults say they like the way that Donald Trump conducts himself as president, and 80% of the public describes him as “self-centered.” Also, fewer than half (42%) of Americans say they agree with Trump on many or nearly all of the top issues facing the country today.

• Republicans’ views of Trump’s conduct and performance

Most Americans point to circumstances, not work ethic, for why people are rich or poor

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say the main reason some people are rich is because they have had more advantages in life than most other people. Around seven-in-ten (71%) say people are poor because they have faced more obstacles in life.

About one-fifth of Democrats and Republicans get political news in a kind of media bubble

Around one-in-five Democrats and Republicans get political news in a given week only from outlets predominantly used by people who align with them politically. Republicans in a right-leaning audience news bubble overwhelmingly name Fox News (70%) as their main source for political news, while the most commonly named main sources for Democrats in a left-leaning audience news bubble are CNN at 21% and NPR at 18%.

Young women often face sexual harassment online – including on dating sites and apps

Six-in-ten women under the age of 35 who have used online dating sites or apps say someone continued to contact them after they said they were not interested, compared with 27% of men in this age range. About six-in-ten women in that same age group (57%) say someone has sent them a sexually explicit message or image they did not ask for.

More Americans see ‘very strong’ partisan conflicts now than in the last two presidential election years

The perception of partisan divisions far overshadows that of conflicts between other groups in American society. Narrower majorities of U.S. adults say strong or very strong conflicts exist between rich people and poor people or black people and white people.

Most of the 23 million immigrants eligible to vote in the 2020 election live in just five states

Most of the naturalized citizens eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election (61%) live in just five states. California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.

Fast facts on the challenges Americans see for female political candidates as Warren exits 2020 race

Six female candidates were in the field when the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination began. When Sen. Elizabeth Warren suspended her campaign this week, that left only Rep. Tulsi Gabbard in the race. We asked Americans in 2018 for their views about the state of female leadership in the United States and the obstacles women face; here's what they said.

• Report: Women and Leadership 2018
• In 2018, two-thirds of Democratic women hoped to see a woman president in their lifetime

How border apprehensions, ICE arrests and deportations have changed under Trump

With religion-related rulings on the horizon, U.S. Christians see Supreme Court favorably

Most Americans rely on their own research to make big decisions, and that often means online searches

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