Last year featured one of the most contentious elections in recent US history, and disagreements on many core issues continue to linger as economic inequality continues to deepen.

In other words, America is a deeply divided place.

But there are also many ways in which Americans remain united. From democratic values central to our republic, to major policy priorities, to an expanding idea of what marriage means, there are many places in which large majorities of Americans agree, sometimes surprisingly.

Business Insider took a look at some of the issues, policies, and values that continue to unite us, based on polling results from Pew Research Center, the General Social Survey run by NORC at the University of Chicago, and Gallup.