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
"believe in God." All: 74% Religion and Faith 2023
"think that public school teacher salaries should increase or greatly increase." All: 73% R: 55% D: 86% Education 2022
"say it is likely that social media sites intentionally censor political viewpoints they find objectionable." All: 73% R: 90% D: 59% Free Speech 2020
"think misinformation increases extreme political views." All: 73% R: 70% D: 80% I: 65% Facts and Fact Checking 2022
"think there should not be a law banning possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons." All: 73% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2022
"think their state should allow a pregnant person to obtain a legal abortion 6 weeks into the pregnancy." All: 73% Abortion 2023
"think it is very or somewhat important for people in our country to have conversations about race with people who are not the same race as them." All: 72% Race and Racism 2020
"strongly or somewhat support the federal government continuing to require that all students be tested in math and reading each year in grades 3-8 and once in high school." All: 72% R: 71% D: 74% Education 2022
"think that to ensure equality for all people, regardless of race or ethnicity, the prison system requires major changes or needs to be completely rebuilt." All: 72% Race and Racism 2023
"consider the situation at the U.S. border with Mexico to be a crisis or major problem." All: 72% Immigration 2023
"agree strongly or somewhat that private, non-profit four-year colleges and universities contribute to a strong American workforce." All: 72% Education 2022
"agree strongly or somewhat that minority-serving higher-education institutions contribute to a strong American workforce." All: 72% Education 2022
"think providing a way for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to stay legally should be of high or moderate priority for the federal government." All: 72% Immigration 2023
"think harmful or misleading speech is a bigger problem than free speech restrictions on social media." All: 72% R: 58% D: 86% Free Speech 2023
"agree that national news organizations have the resources and opportunities to report accurately and fairly." All: 72% R: 66% D: 82% I: 70% Media Bias 2022
"would say religion is very or fairly important in their life." All: 72% Religion and Faith 2022
"favor or strongly favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally." All: 72% LGBTQ Issues 2021
"think that when it comes to long-range foreign policy goals, taking measures to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks should be given top priority." All: 71% Foreign Policy 2022
"would strongly or somewhat support the government paying for all 4-year-old children to attend a preschool program." All: 71% R: 52% D: 84% Education 2022
"would strongly or somewhat support the government paying for low-income 4-year-old children to attend a preschool program." All: 71% R: 52% D: 89% Education 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.)