Opinion Today
November 2, 2021
Competing Visions of America: An Evolving Identity or a Culture Under Attack?
Public Religion Research Institute
PRRI’s comprehensive 12th annual American Values Survey, released in partnership with the Brookings Institution, examines the widening partisan fault lines around questions of American identity, the belief that the election was stolen from Donald Trump, and beliefs that political violence might be necessary to fix the problems in America, a continuation of the far-right ideologies that contributed to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol.
Most Americans trust elections are fair, but sharp divides exist
Domenico Montanaro, NPR News
A majority of Americans trust that elections are fair, are confident in their state and local governments' ability to administer elections, and will trust the results in 2022 and in 2024 regardless of whether their preferred candidate wins, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.
As Election Day nears, most U.S. adults say future of democracy is un…
