Gift cards and cash are viewed as more appropriate holiday gifts than second-hand items or regifting

About a third of the public celebrates the season by wearing festive holiday attire, leaving up decorations past January 1st, and giving gifts to their pets. Just over half will stay up past midnight to ring in 2026.

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Six in 10 say it’s important to negotiate a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and between Russia and Ukraine

About half disapprove of the way Trump is handling both conflicts.

Few support punitive funding cuts to colleges and universities

Most of the public believes that colleges and universities make significant contributions to scientific and technological advancement and think their federal research funding should be maintained.

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Trump’s approval rating remains low during government shutdown

Approval of how Trump is handling the federal government has dropped sharply since March.

Few people support the daylight saving time system, and more want year-round light in the evenings

Only 12% favor the current system of changing the clocks twice a year. Fifty-six percent prefer daylight saving time all year and 42% prefer standard…

Many concerned about political violence and threats to free speech across the ideological spectrum

Half of the public believes that the freedom of speech is under major threat and the public views this similarly regardless of the ideology of…

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