BELOW are ten statements used in a Pew Research poll in 2018, five of which are factual statements and five of which are opinion statements. The answers are below, don’t cheat!

1. Health care costs per person in the US are the highest in the devel- oped world.

2. Democracy is the greatest form of government.

3. Increasing the federal minimum wage to US$15 an hour is essential for the health of the US economy.

4. Immigrants who are in the US illegally are a very big problem for the country today.

5. Government is almost always wasteful and inefficient.

6. President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

7. Immigrants who are in the US illegally have some rights under the Constitution.

8. ISIS lost a significant portion of its territory in Iraq and Syria in 2017.

9. Abortion should be legal in most cases.

10. Spending on social security, medicare, and medicaid make up the largest portion of the US federal budget.