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Reparations may become a significant issue in the 2020 presidential campaign, played out in the context of black dissatisfaction with society's treatment.

Nine interesting things to think about as we await the election results:

Voters backing Republican candidates for Congress are nearly as likely to be voting "against the Democrat" (44%) as "for the Republican" (48%). That level of negative voting against the incumbent party exceeds what Gallup found in the 1994 and ...

The 58% of registered voters aged 18 to 29 who say they will definitely vote this fall is well below 2008 levels and is the lowest for any major subgroup. Black voter intentions are down from 2008 but are close to the national average.

Americans as a whole tilt more negative than positive when asked about "socialism," although understanding of the term varies widely.

Americans largely oppose the U.S. accepting a large number of Syrian refugees, with 60% disapproving and 37% approving. This is largely consistent with public reaction to past emergency refugee resettlement proposals.

Over three-quarters of voters say this year's presidential election is more consequential than others in the past, the highest reading since 1996 when it was first asked.

Roughly nine in 10 Americans (91%) say they would vote for a law requiring criminal background checks for all U.S. gun purchasers. The U.S. Senate considered legislation last week that would have expanded background checks for gun purchases: 54 ...

Republicans are less enthusiastic about voting for Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, or Newt Gingrich than they were about voting for John McCain in early 2008, or than Democrats were about voting for their potential nominees in 2008 and 2004.

Across 100 pieces published thus far, the Gallup Vault revisits historical Gallup data that help put the past and present into better perspective.