Katherine Schaeffer

Today, women currently hold a record 27 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and women hold the office of governor in 14 of the 50 states.

This year, at least 33 states and the District of Columbia will legally recognize Juneteenth as a public holiday.

Around nine-in-ten U.S. adults say marijuana should be legal either for medical or recreational use. Just 12% say the drug should not be legal at all.

Many Americans perceive a rise in rude behavior, and 34% say they see it almost always or often when they go out in public.

In the Senate, two Black women are serving concurrently for the first time. And in the House, two states and one U.S. territory elected their first Black, Hispanic or Pacific Islander woman lawmaker.

Here are five key findings about YouTube from our research to mark its 20th anniversary.

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

Republicans will kick off the 119th Congress with the smallest margin of control in the U.S. House of Representatives in modern history.

Among U.S. adults, those who live in the Northeast (17%) are more likely than those in the South (10%), West (8%) and Midwest (7%) to be nondrivers.

Five races for U.S. Senate and two for governor feature a major-party nominee who, if elected, would be the first woman in their state to hold the office.

Here are key facts about the 3.8 million public school teachers who work in America’s classrooms and how they view their jobs.

Naturalized citizens make up a record number of eligible voters in 2022, most of whom have lived here more than 20 years.

We’ve compiled some tips for journalists who use polling in their work during election season and beyond.

Overall, 29 of the 49 people who have served as vice president since the country’s founding have gone on to formally seek a party’s presidential nomination.

About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) favor stricter gun laws. Another 26% say that U.S. gun laws are about right, while 15% favor less strict gun laws.

During the 2021-22 school year, 83% of the country’s public, private and charter school students in pre-K through 12th grade attended traditional public schools.

Around nine-in-ten Americans say marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use, according to an October 2022 Pew Research Center survey.

Majorities of both moms and dads with a young adult child age 18 to 34 say they’re as involved in their child’s day-to-day life as they’d like to be.

Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.

Overall, 69% of Americans say they are married (51%), living with a partner (11%), or otherwise in a committed romantic relationship (8%).