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June 1, 2007

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    Abortion Middle Ground

    That’s the percentage of American adults who support finding “a middle ground” when it comes to abortion. Three-in-ten Americans believe “there’s no room for compromise when it comes to abortion laws.”

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    Campaign Watchers on the Net

    That’s the percentage of U.S. adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and to discuss the races through email. And the number of Americans using the internet as their main source of political material doubled since the last mid-term election, rivaling the number from the 2004 presidential election year.

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    Super Busy Young Americans

    That’s the portion of Gen Next Americans (ages 18-25) who say they are both going to school and working either part-time or full-time.

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    Have a Favorite Journalist or News Person

    That’s the percentage of Americans who can name a favorite journalist or news person; in 1985, 65% of Americans could identify a favorite.

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    See Rich-Poor Gap Increasing

    That’s the number of Americans who agree that “the rich just get richer while the poor get poorer” — an 8-point increase since 2002.

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    (Relative) Kudos for Today’s Dads

    About one-in-five among the public say that today’s fathers are doing a better job compared with fathers a generation ago; far fewer (9%) say that today’s mothers are doing a better job than their predecessors.

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    Religious Influence on Latino Politics

    Two-in-three Latinos living in the U.S. say that their religious beliefs are a very important or a somewhat important influence on their political thinking, and among Hispanic evangelicals, more than eight-in-ten (86%) feel this way.

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    Down For The Count

    For years, magazine watchers relied on monthly advertising reports known as "PIBs" to gauge the health of the industry. Recently, the "PIBs" were cut back from 12 a year to only four. A magazine trade organization says that’s an attempt to provide more meaningful data, but analysts suggest it’s also a reflection of tough economic times.

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    Political Divide in Views of Campaign Coverage

    Summary of Findings At this early stage of the 2008 campaign, about half of the public believes that press coverage of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates has been fair. But there are sizable partisan differences in evaluations of campaign coverage. Notably, a plurality of Republicans believes the press has gone too easy on Democratic […]

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    Bits that Click: Successfully Connecting in Information-Rich Society

    This presentation addresses the following question: What does user behavior tell us about the right way for information providers to reach people? It does so by examining four propositions about what users value from the internet and online commun…