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More Americans continue to oppose (53%) than favor (44%) legal recognition of same-sex marriage, but the current level of opposition ties the lowest Gallup has measured since 1996.

Gallup recently tested several methods for capturing and measuring transgender identities.

The percentage of Americans expressing trust in the judicial branch of the federal government has fallen eight percentage points to a new low of 53% this year. Trust in the legislative and executive branches inched up slightly.

Americans' support for legalizing marijuana continues to increase, with a new record 64% saying it should be made legal in Gallup's nearly 50-year trend.

There are several election and legislative events this week that we can put in the context of American public opinion.

Gallup finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, with the majority of them saying they are bisexual.

Americans have increasingly abandoned traditional values norms and are increasingly critical of major societal institutions, raising questions about the future.

After key Supreme Court decisions legalized same-sex marriage and upheld the healthcare law, a record-low 18% of Republicans approve of the job the court is doing. With 76% of Democrats approving, the party gap is the largest to date.

Americans are more likely now than in the early 2000s to find gay and lesbian relations, having a baby outside of marriage, sex between an unmarried man and woman, divorce and embryonic stem cell research morally acceptable.

Democrats' trust in the legislative branch of government has surged, while Republicans' has sagged, in the past year.