Politics

How Many US Presidents Have Harvard Degrees?

Eight of the 45 people who have been US president earned a Harvard degree: five from Harvard College, two from Harvard Law and one from Harvard Business School.

Which US President Fought a Fatal Duel?

Of the 45 people who have served as US president, one, Andrew Jackson, killed a man in a duel: Charles Dickinson, on May 30, 1806, in Kentucky.

How George Gallup Picked the President When the Biggest Poll Failed

In 1936 about 1 in 34 US voting-age adults returned a Literary Digest ballot; about 1 in 1,600 were in Gallup's final sample, which called the winner.

Source: The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara · Data year 1936 · per event

Are Your Politics in Your Genes?

A 2014 analysis of over 12,000 twin pairs from nine studies in five democracies found that genetic factors play a role in forming political ideology.

US Data Privacy: What Americans Worry About

In 2023, 71% of US adults were very or somewhat concerned about how the government uses the data it collects about them, up from 64% in 2019.

Who Survived the Titanic, by Sex and Class

A first-class adult woman: 97% survived (140 of 144), against 46% of third-class adult women and 33% of first-class adult men (British inquiry).