Year: 2008

The latest study of Pew Research Center election surveys analyzes the effects of conducting both landline and cell phone interviews. While the addition of cell phones had at most a modest effect on estimates of candidate support in individual surveys, when looked at in the aggregate clear patterns emerge.

Do people consider the internet itself a kind of social ally? Not directly, but they often treat the internet as they would a helpful friend.

Most Americans have moved to a new community at least once in their lives, although a notable number — nearly four-in-ten — have never left the place in which they were born.

Findings from Pew Research Center polls over the year told the story of the longest -- and one of the most exciting -- presidential elections in U.S. history as well as recording the public's reactions to other major events ranging from the pope's visit, to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the onset of a mega-economic downturn.

While just about everyone knows Obama's new secretary of state, fewer than half were generally aware of where the Dow is trading these days. A new Pew News IQ survey provides an updated look at the public's knowledge of political and world affairs. Test your own knowledge of current affairs against that of the broader public before you read the report.

A small but significant decline has occurred during the current recession in the share of Latino immigrants active in the U.S. labor force.

Both the Obama and Biden families will be bringing a new family dog to the executive branch in January, joining the nearly six-in-ten Americans who own a pet.

Despite American Humanist Assn. bus ads proclaiming "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," a 57%-majority of Americans say belief in God is a prerequisite for morality.

Nearly everyone in the U.S. has a TV set, but only 64% consider it a necessity.