The Latest Breaking News from NORC

Many sports fans are unhappy with how much it costs to watch their games, AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll finds sports fans are likelier to use a combination of streaming services and linear TV options to access their favorite teams

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

Americans still give awards shows consideration, a new AP-NORC poll finds

Most Americans still want to thank the academy, at least a little

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Most teens — and girls especially — see college as key to jobs and life skills, AP-NORC poll says

A recent AP-NORC Teen Poll poll shows most U.S. teenagers prioritize graduating from college, with 70% of girls and 54% of boys considering it important

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows

A new poll finds few Americans support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Support for solar energy and offshore wind falls among Democrats and independents, AP-NORC poll says

A new poll shows Americans’ support for green energy tax credits and renewable energies like wind and solar power has decreased in recent years, driven by a softening in support from Democrats and independents

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025

What US adults think about Pope Leo XIV, according to a new AP-NORC poll

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2025

Most AAPI adults oppose college funding cuts and student deportations, a new poll finds

A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds that as colleges and universities pull back on diversity practices, young Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are overwhelmingly against cutting federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education, and deporting students involved in protest activity on campus

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025

Former US Census Bureau director John Thompson, who guided preparations for 2020 head count, dies

John Thompson, who guided preparations for the 2020 census as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, has died

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

About 3 in 10 US adults follow women's sports, a new AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll finds about 3 in 10 U.S. adults follow women's sports at least “somewhat” closely, lower than the share who follow men's sports

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025