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Nov 14, 2023 · Impact of science on society. Overall, 57% of Americans say science has had a mostly positive effect on society. This share is down 8 percentage points since November 2021 and down 16 points since before the start of the coronavirus outbreak. About a third (34%) now say the impact of science on society has been equally positive as negative.
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Nov 14, 2024 · There are also some differences in trust by Americans’ level of education. Strong trust in scientists is higher among four-year college graduates than among those without a college degree (34% vs. 22%). This gap is primarily driven by differences among Democrats.
Nov 14, 2023 · But trust in scientists is lower than at the start of the pandemic, with over 1 in 4 Americans (27%) saying they have “not too much” or “no confidence” in scientists.
Feb 15, 2022 · Trust in scientists and medical scientists has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, with 29% of U.S. adults saying they have a great deal of confidence in medical scientists to act in the best interests of the public. This is down from 40% in November 2020 and 35% in January 2019, before COVID-19 emerged. Other prominent groups – including the military, police officers and public school ...
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Nov 14, 2024 · Still, the roughly 9,500 Americans surveyed were divided over whether scientists should play a role in policy decisions — a particularly timely issue now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump ...
Nov 14, 2024 · For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in scientists has increased in the United States — but just slightly, according to a poll conducted around two weeks before the ...
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Nov 14, 2023 · However, the share expressing the strongest level of trust in scientists fell from 39% in 2020 to 23%. The percentage of Americans who hold a positive view of science’s impact on society also ...
