What is Similarity Hub?

Politicians, the media, and social media users face incentives to paint a divided picture of America, making us forget how united we really are.

Similarity Hub from AllSides and More Like US helps solve this problem by collecting public opinion data that corrects political misperceptions, highlights common ground, and helps people feel calmer and more united.

Explore the Full Dataset

Here, you can browse recent survey data on common ground among U.S. adults. Learn more about our data inclusion criteria below.

Survey Statement % Agree % R % D % I Source Topic Year
"are in favor of a federal law requiring background checks on all potential gun buyers, including private sales and gun shows.” All: 85% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2022
"think that it is rarely or never acceptable for people to protest against racial inequality by participating in actions that result in damage to public or private property." All: 85% Race and Racism 2023
“are in favor of a federal law preventing mentally ill people from purchasing guns.” All: 85% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2022
"agree strongly or somewhat that public community colleges contribute to a strong American workforce." All: 85% Education 2022
"think most elected officials don't care what people like them think." All: 85% Polarization 2023
"at least somewhat support a $12.00 minimum wage." All: 85% R: 82% D: 95% I: 77% Economy and Jobs 2023
"say members of Congress do either at least a somewhat bad job of working with members of the opposing party" All: 84% R: 85% D: 83% Polarization 2023
"agree that free speech is essential to a functioning democracy." All: 84% R: 92% D: 88% I: 76% Free Speech 2022
"agree that part of exercising free speech is having to deal with people who disagree with you." All: 84% R: 90% D: 89% I: 77% Free Speech 2022
"think providing a way for immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children to stay legally should be of high or moderate priority for the federal government." All: 84% Immigration 2023
"think their state should allow a pregnant person to obtain a legal abortion if the person became pregnant as the result of rape or incest." All: 84% Abortion 2023
"support the provision of the Inflation Reduction Act which caps monthly out-of-pocket costs for insulin for people with Medicare." All: 84% R: 88% D: 87% Healthcare 2022
"are in favor of a federal law that bans those convicted of domestic violence from purchasing a gun." All: 83% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2022
"think guns are a very or somewhat important issue area." All: 83% R: 78% D: 88% I: 81% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2023
"think abortions should be legal under any, some, or only a few circumstances." All: 83% Abortion 2023
"think the failure of the mental health system to identify individuals who are a danger to others bears a great deal or a fair amount of the blame for mass shootings that have occurred in the United States in recent years." All: 83% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2019
"think Supreme Court justices should not bring their own religious views into how they decide major cases." All: 83% Religion and Faith 2022
"agree or strongly agree that all Americans have a basic right to healthcare coverage." All: 83% R: 69% D: 94% I: 81% Healthcare 2023
"say profits made by pharmaceutical companies are a major factor contributing to the price of prescription drugs." All: 83% R: 89% D: 84% I: 78% Healthcare 2023
"support the provision of the Inflation Reduction Act which places an annual limit on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for people with Medicare." All: 82% R: 79% D: 89% Healthcare 2022

Percent of Republicans agreeing with statement.**

Percent of Democrats agreeing with statement.**

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*Data older than 5 years may not accurately reflect current public opinion. Similarity Hub will not feature this data on other pages.

**%R indicates the percentage of Republicans or Republicans and Republican-leaners agreeing with the statement. %D indicates the percentage of Democrats or Democrats and Democrat-leaners agreeing with the statement.

What Similarity Hub Does and Doesn’t Include


Similarity Hub prioritizes and highlights data about common ground; not all data fits that purpose. Thus, AllSides and More Like US created criteria on what we will and won’t include. 


Similarity Hub includes…

  • Information that corrects damaging political misperceptions and/or is useful for bipartisan policy
  • Survey data in which at least 70% of respondents agree, or in which at least 50% of Democratic-leaning respondents and 50% of Republican-leaning respondents agree


Similarity Hub does NOT include…

  • Survey questions that make a value judgment about a specific identity group of people (This could include negative judgments, like “China has a negative impact on the world,” or positive judgments, like “Mexicans are hard workers.”)
  • Survey questions based on loaded questions and/or unfounded assumptions (For instance, people who "disagree that individual action makes no difference in reducing climate change" could include those who support collective climate action and those who disbelieve in climate change.)
  • Data from surveys likely biased by recent events (Such as data about the Israel-Hamas War collected during a turning point in the war, which may vary significantly from other surveys.)