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For the second straight year, a Gallup-Bentley University study shows Americans' desire for businesses to take stances on current events is falling, with 38% now agreeing that businesses should speak out.

Crime became an issue in the recent midterm elections, underscoring the importance of understanding what lies behind Americans' views of the issue.

Abortion remains one of the nation's most contentious policy issues, and Americans' views on the subject are essentially fixed -- changing little over past decades.

This page provides Gallup's long-term trends on Americans' views about abortion by party identification.

U.S. adults aged 18 to 29, and to a lesser extent those 30 to 49, express greater support for abortion rights than adults aged 50 and older.

While many Americans see abortion as morally wrong, significantly fewer say it should be totally illegal.

U.S. adults are more enthusiastic than usual about voting in the midterms. The economy, gun policy and abortion are important voting issues this year.

This page outlines Gallup's long-term trends on Americans' views about abortion by gender.

Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court is down 11 percentage points this year, falling to a new low of 25%.

Americans' preferences for the legality of abortion are provided here in tabular form, with breakouts by key population subgroups.