If you had to choose from the following, which superpower would you want most?

If you had to choose from the following, which superpower would you want most? Published on February 11, 2017 → Survey conducted on February 11, 2017 on 3640 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Invisibility

15%

Strength

Healing

37%

Flight

Telepathy (ability to read minds)

11%

Telekinesis (ability to move objects with your mind)

Not sure

11%

Invisibility

15%

Strength

Healing

37%

Flight

Telepathy (ability to read minds)

11%

Telekinesis (ability to move objects with your mind)

Not sure

11%

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