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54% of Americans favor banning the manufacture, possession and sale of semiautomatic guns, known as assault rifles, while 44% oppose such a ban.

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All political party groups are less likely to favor the death penalty now than they were in the 1990s and 2000s, but Democrats show the largest decline.

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More than half of U.S. adults (56%) who have seen a primary care provider in the past year are comfortable with artificial intelligence making diagnosis or treatment decisions, as long as their healthcare provider can change or override those decisions.

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56% of Americans say laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, 27% say they should be kept as they are, and 15% want them made less strict.

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Seven in 10 Americans say they have a great deal (41%) or quite a lot (29%) of confidence in military veterans.

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In China (93%) and Vietnam (91%), more than nine in 10 adults who are aware of AI expect it to mostly help their country, compared with 36% in the U.S. and 34% in Bangladesh.

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49% of U.S. adults are in favor of the death penalty for convicted murderers, and 45% are opposed.

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A majority of Americans (54%) say they will spend “about the same amount” on Christmas or other holiday gifts as they did last year, while the percentage saying they will spend less (24%) exceeds those planning to spend more (18%).

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U.S. employee engagement fell to 29% in Q3 2026, its lowest level since 2011. The decline was most pronounced among exclusively remote employees, whose engagement fell five percentage points.

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Americans expect to spend an average of $1,011 on Christmas or other holiday gifts in 2026, according to Gallup’s initial measure of their holiday shopping plans.

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For the first time in two decades, less than half of French adults say they have confidence in the honesty of their country’s elections.

Even smaller percentages are confident in the judicial system and the national government.

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Only 40% of Americans say their town or city is prepared to handle future challenges.

Younger adults are less confident than older adults, with 38% of those aged 18 to 34 agreeing, compared with 45% of adults 55 or older.

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Economic pessimism in France is among the highest levels recorded in the past two decades.

Just 14% of French adults say their local economy is getting better, while 73% say it is getting worse — only the second time in two decades that the latter figure has exceeded 70%.

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When asked to select the three values the U.S. needs most today from a list of 12, Americans most often choose honesty (34%), responsibility (32%) and integrity (31%), followed by equality (29%) and fairness (26%).

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61% of Americans are very or somewhat confident that votes across the country will be accurately cast and counted in this year's election.

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Nearly eight in 10 Americans (79%) say respecting different values is more important than sharing the same ones, including 84% of Democrats, 81% of independents and 72% of Republicans.