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
"would describe the impact of Martin Luther King Jr. on our country as very or somewhat positive." All: 82% Race and Racism 2023
"think people serving time in prison in the U.S. should have a right to religious expression." All: 82% R: 89% D: 78% I: 80% Criminal Justice 2023
"believe states and the federal government should have a system of independent oversight for prisons." All: 82% R: 80% D: 85% I: 79% Criminal Justice 2022
"favor the expansion of more solar panel farms." All: 82% R: 70% D: 93% Environment 2023
"think increasing security at the U.S. Mexico border should be a high or moderate priority for the federal government." All: 82% Immigration 2023
"favor or strongly favor laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing." All: 82% LGBTQ Issues 2021
"strongly or somewhat favor requiring electronic voting machines to print a paper backup of the ballot." All: 82% Elections 2021
"think gays or lesbians should be hired as elementary school teachers." All: 81% LGBTQ Issues 2019
"agree that groups with politically unpopular views should be allowed to protest in public places." All: 81% R: 84% D: 78% I: 82% Free Speech 2021
"favor allowing courts to order the confiscation of guns from people who have been determined to be a danger to themselves or others." All: 81% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2022
"see economic competition with China as a somewhat or very serious problem for the U.S." All: 81% R: 87% D: 79% Trade 2023
"view news media as very important or critical to democracy." All: 81% R: 74% D: 90% I: 78% Media Bias 2020
"think it is at least somewhat important to have a sense of patriotism and pride for the country." All: 81% R: 93% D: 76% I: 70% Politics 2023
"agree at least somewhat that the federal government should place limits on how much pharmaceutical companies can charge people." All: 80% R: 65% D: 94% I: 76% Healthcare 2022
"are in favor of preventing people under the age of 21 from buying any type of gun." All: 80% R: 67% D: 92% I: 80% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2023
"think it is very or somewhat important for people in our country to educate themselves about the history of racial inequality in our country." All: 80% Race and Racism 2020
"believe lobbying by the healthcare industry is a major barrier to reducing healthcare costs in the U.S." All: 79% R: 69% D: 85% I: 80% Healthcare 2022
"believe partisan politics is a major barrier to reducing healthcare costs in the U.S." All: 79% R: 70% D: 87% I: 77% Healthcare 2022
"agree at least somewhat that the federal government should place limits on how much health insurers can charge people." All: 79% R: 62% D: 93% I: 76% Healthcare 2022
"believe that the criminal justice system needs significant improvements." All: 79% R: 73% D: 82% I: 82% Criminal Justice 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.)