Solar and wind power accounted for less than 4% of all U.S. energy use in 2018
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January 18, 2020
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** Majority of U.S. public says Trump’s approach on Iran has raised chances of a major conflict ([link removed])
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By a narrow 48% to 43% margin, Americans view the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani as the right decision ([link removed]) . However, a majority (54%) says the Trump administration’s approach toward Iran has increased the likelihood of a major military conflict between the two countries.
* Few Americans have great deal of trust in what Trump administration says about the situation in Iran ([link removed])

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** Renewable energy is growing fast in the U.S., but fossil fuels still dominate ([link removed])
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Despite rapid growth in the U.S. over the past decade, solar and wind power accounted for less than 4% ([link removed]) of all energy used in 2018. Historically, most of the nation’s energy has come from coal, oil and natural gas. In 2018, those fossil fuels fed about 80% of the country’s energy demand.
* U.S. public views on climate and energy ([link removed])

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** Many churchgoers in U.S. don’t know the political leanings of their clergy ([link removed])
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Among U.S. adults who attend religious services at least a few times a year, 45% say they’re not sure ([link removed]) whether their clergy are Democrats or Republicans, and roughly a quarter (27%) say their clergy are a mix of both. When congregants think they know their religious leaders’ political affiliation, 16% say their clergy are mostly Republicans, while 11% say they are mostly Democrats.
* Americans have positive views about religion’s role in society, but want it out of politics ([link removed])

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** Liberals make up the largest share of Democratic voters, but their growth has slowed in recent years (#)
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About half of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters (47%) describe their political views as liberal (#) , including 15% who describe their views as very liberal. After rising steadily between 2000 and 2016, the share of liberals in the Democratic coalition has changed little in the past few years.
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** Latino Democratic voters place high importance on 2020 presidential election ([link removed])
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A majority of Latino registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic leaners see the 2020 presidential election results as particularly important ([link removed]) . More than half have a good or excellent impression of their party’s candidates, and 87% say it really matters who wins the White House.
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** From the archives: 50 years ago, mixed views about civil rights but support for Selma demonstrators ([link removed])
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As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, we revisit a 2015 analysis ([link removed]) by Andrew Kohut (1942-2015), the founding director of Pew Research Center, about U.S. attitudes toward civil rights and the bloody protest march that took place in Selma, Alabama, five decades earlier.
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