Methodology

The Pew Research Center utilized the American Trends Panel (ATP), a nationally representative group of randomly selected U.S. adults, for its data collection. Wave 198 of the survey was conducted between August 24-30, 2026, with 5,166 respondents from a sample of 5,602. Additionally, the Pew-Knight Initiative, jointly funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, provided support for the research reported in Wave 194 of the ATP methodology.