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
"think schools should focus on student academic performance over student social and emotional wellbeing." All: 65% R: 70% D: 61% Education 2022
"say that people being too easily offended by things others say is a major problem." All: 65% R: 84% D: 50% Free Speech 2021
"think the country is more divided than usual." All: 65% R: 73% D: 59% I: 65% Polarization 2023
"think the U.S. should play a leading or major role in trying to solve international problems." All: 65% R: 61% D: 75% I: 61% Foreign Policy 2023
"say that it is a major problem that an increasing number of news sources report from a particular point of view rather than staying neutral." All: 65% R: 75% D: 57% I: 68% Media Bias 2020
"say social media has been more of a bad thing than a good thing for democracy in the U.S." All: 64% R: 74% D: 57% Polarization 2022
"agree that Americans are generally free to express their views." All: 64% R: 59% D: 83% I: 54% Free Speech 2022
"would oppose a law that bans the use of a prescription pill or series of pills to end a pregnancy." All: 64% R: 55% D: 73% I: 57% Abortion 2023
"say corporations and industries have a lot or a great deal of responsibility for addressing climate change." All: 64% R: 51% D: 79% Environment 2022
"somewhat or strongly support requiring American households to pay at least 20% of their income over $100 million in taxes." All: 63% R: 50% D: 82% I: 60% Taxes 2022
"say that ordinary Americans care about making the political system work well." All: 63% R: 67% D: 61% Polarization 2023
"at least somewhat agree that the minimum wage should be adjusted based on the inflation of costs of goods and services." All: 63% R: 55% D: 76% Economy and Jobs 2022
"say that ideally, it is better for society if the American public is skeptical rather than trusting of the news media." All: 63% R: 70% D: 56% Media Bias 2020
"think the death penalty should be legal." All: 62% R: 80% D: 51% I: 58% Criminal Justice 2023
"strongly or somewhat support the federal government and private insurance companies negotiating directly with prescription drug manufacturers to set universal prices for prescription drugs." All: 62% R: 52% D: 76% I: 58% Healthcare 2022
"say that talking about politics with people they disagree with is generally stressful and frustrating." All: 61% R: 61% D: 63% Polarization 2023
"agree that it isn't always a bad thing when people avoid publicly expressing views that may offend others." All: 61% R: 59% D: 74% I: 54% Free Speech 2022
"believe that middle income earners pay their fair share of taxes." All: 60% R: 62% D: 59% I: 59% Taxes 2021
"think it is hard to tell the difference between what is fact and what is misleading information." All: 59% R: 55% D: 60% I: 61% Facts and Fact Checking 2020
"at least somewhat agree that the minimum wage should vary based on the cost of living in different areas." All: 58% R: 64% D: 58% Economy and Jobs 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.)