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
"think abortions should be legal under any, some, or only a few circumstances." All: 83% Abortion 2023
"think the failure of the mental health system to identify individuals who are a danger to others bears a great deal or a fair amount of the blame for mass shootings that have occurred in the United States in recent years." All: 83% Gun Control and Gun Rights 2019
"say it is at least somewhat likely that social media sites intentionally censor political viewpoints they find objectionable." All: 83% R: 93% D: 74% Free Speech 2024
"generally have a favorable opinion about the First Amendment to the Constitution." All: 83% R: 89% D: 81% I: 83% Free Speech 2024
"think Supreme Court justices should not bring their own religious views into how they decide major cases." All: 83% Religion and Faith 2022
"agree or strongly agree that all Americans have a basic right to healthcare coverage." All: 83% R: 69% D: 94% I: 81% Healthcare 2023
"say profits made by pharmaceutical companies are a major factor contributing to the price of prescription drugs." All: 83% R: 89% D: 84% I: 78% Healthcare 2023
"support the provision of the Inflation Reduction Act which places an annual limit on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for people with Medicare." All: 82% R: 79% D: 89% Healthcare 2022
"would describe the impact of Martin Luther King Jr. on our country as very or somewhat positive." All: 82% Race and Racism 2023
"think people serving time in prison in the U.S. should have a right to religious expression." All: 82% R: 89% D: 78% I: 80% Criminal Justice 2023
"favor requiring electronic voting machines to print a paper backup of the ballot." All: 82% R: 85% D: 82% Elections 2024
"believe states and the federal government should have a system of independent oversight for prisons." All: 82% R: 80% D: 85% I: 79% Criminal Justice 2022
"think that diversity makes the country at least somewhat stronger." All: 82% R: 69% D: 92% I: 84% Race and Racism 2024
"say there is at least some discrimination against Muslims." All: 82% R: 73% D: 92% Race and Racism 2024
say there is at least some discrimination against Jews". All: 82% R: 80% D: 85% Race and Racism 2024
"favor the expansion of more solar panel farms." All: 82% R: 70% D: 93% Environment 2023
"think increasing security at the U.S. Mexico border should be a high or moderate priority for the federal government." All: 82% Immigration 2023
"at least somewhat support expanding the Inflation Reduction Act's $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs for Medicare recipients to all Americans." All: 82% R: 73% D: 93% I: 80% Healthcare 2024
"favor or strongly favor laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing." All: 82% LGBTQ Issues 2021
"strongly or somewhat favor requiring electronic voting machines to print a paper backup of the ballot." All: 82% Elections 2021

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.)