The American Trends Panel survey methodology

Overview

Data in this report comes from Wave 191 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted April 6-12, 2026. A total of 3,592 panelists responded out of 3,775 who were sampled, for a survey-level response rate of 95%.

The cumulative response rate accounting for nonresponse to the recruitment surveys and attrition is 3%. The break-off rate among panelists who logged on to the survey and completed at least one item is less than 1%.…