{
 "_note": "PCT propositions with near-analogues in representative US surveys. agree_share = share of US adults on the side that corresponds to AGREEING with the PCT item (derived shares marked in notes). match: exact/close/loose describes how far the survey wording is from the PCT wording. Compiled 2026-07-25.",
 "items": {
  "deathpenalty": {"agree_share": 0.53, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Gallup, Oct 2024", "wording": "Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder? (53% in favor)",
   "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/653429/drop-death-penalty-support-led-younger-generations.aspx"},
  "spankchildren": {"agree_share": 0.52, "match": "exact",
   "survey": "GSS/NORC, 2021-2024", "wording": "It is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking (52-56% agree; 52.1% in 2021)",
   "source": "https://gss.norc.org (SPANKING item)"},
  "marijuanalegal": {"agree_share": 0.68, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Gallup, 2024", "wording": "Use of marijuana should be legal (68%)",
   "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/marijuana (2024 wave)"},
  "moralreligious": {"agree_share": 0.32, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Pew, Mar 2025", "wording": "It is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values (32%; 68% say not necessary)",
   "source": "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/religion-and-views-of-right-and-wrong/"},
  "homosexualadoption": {"agree_share": 0.63, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Gallup, May 2014 (later non-Gallup polls higher)", "wording": "Same-sex couples should have the legal right to adopt a child (63%)",
   "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/170801/americans-say-sex-couples-entitled-adopt.aspx"},
  "abortionillegal": {"agree_share": 0.13, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Gallup, 2023-2024", "wording": "Abortion should be illegal in all circumstances (12-17% across waves; 13% typical post-Dobbs)",
   "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/506759/broader-support-abortion-rights-continues-post-dobbs.aspx"},
  "richtaxed": {"agree_share": 0.12, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Gallup, Apr 2025", "wording": "Upper-income people pay too much in federal income taxes (12%; 58% say too little)",
   "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/659003/perceptions-fair-income-taxes-hold-near-record-low.aspx"},
  "corporationstrust": {"agree_share": 0.58, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Pew, Apr 2024", "wording": "Government regulation of business is necessary to protect the public interest (58%)",
   "source": "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/06/24/governments-scope-efficiency-and-role-in-regulating-business/"},
  "sexoutsidemarriage": {"agree_share": 0.30, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Gallup Values and Beliefs, May 2026 (derived)", "wording": "Sex between an unmarried man and woman: 65% morally acceptable; agree-side of the PCT item taken as the ~30% who do not find it acceptable",
   "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/710981/moral-acceptability-falls-several-behaviors.aspx"},
  "pornography": {"agree_share": 0.71, "match": "close",
   "survey": "GSS/NORC, 2022 (derived)", "wording": "PORNLAW: 28% favour banning pornography for all ages; legal-for-adults side ~71%",
   "source": "https://ifstudies.org/blog/what-do-americans-think-about-banning-porn (GSS 2022)"},
  "paymedical": {"agree_share": 0.47, "match": "loose",
   "survey": "ISSP health module / RWJF-Harvard (approximate)", "wording": "Roughly half of US respondents call it fair/acceptable that higher incomes buy better health care; about two-thirds across 23 countries call it unfair",
   "source": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4827239/"},
  "astrology": {"agree_share": 0.27, "match": "close",
   "survey": "Pew, 2024", "wording": "Believe in astrology: the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives (27%)",
   "source": "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/05/21/3-in-10-americans-consult-astrology-tarot-cards-or-fortune-tellers/"}
 }
}