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A majority of Americans (53%) are satisfied with acceptance of gay people in the U.S., a dramatic increase from the past 15 years, when satisfaction was as low as 32%. But satisfaction may be leveling off, as it is unchanged from 2014.

For the first time in nearly a decade, more Americans say the Supreme Court is too conservative than too liberal.

Americans' views on the moral acceptability of sexual behavior and marriage have shifted significantly over the past 20 years.

Fifty-three percent of Americans favor legal same-sex marriage, unchanged from last November and the third consecutive reading of 50% or higher. At the same time, Americans believe the U.S. public opposes gay marriage.

Declining confidence in organized religion likely reflects many factors, including clergy scandals and the religion-politics connection.

Dahlia Lithwick joins the podcast to discuss Americans' record-low confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Since Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan publicly declared their support for legalizing same-sex marriage, our phones have been ringing off the hook with requests for more data on Americans' views on this topic. ...

Looking to 2015, Americans are increasingly positive about the economy, and this could produce more upbeat views of Congress and the president. The U.S. will continue to age and get less white, potentially yielding other changes.

Everyone is asking, and some are speculating, about the political impact of President Barack Obama's decision to publicly state his personal support for legal same-sex marriage. There is no doubt that Obama's campaign team spent long hours ...

A sharp rise over the past decade in young women who describe their political views as liberal, particularly relative to young men, is reflected most prominently in their attitudes on the environment and abortion.