2007

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Evangelical Approval of President Bush

That was President Bush’s approval rating among white evangelicals in a recent survey, far higher than among the electorate as a whole but considerably lower than in earlier years.
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Muslim Americans’ Attitudes Toward Homosexuality

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say that homosexuality is a way of life that should be discouraged by society, not accepted.
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Say Children Key to Marriage

That’s the percent of Americans who now say that children are very important for a marriage to succeed, down from 65% who said so in 1990.
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Judged Vietnam Had Been a Mistake When U.S. Troop Withdrawals Began

That’s the proportion of Americans who, in January 1973 when the signing of the Paris Peace Accords ended direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, said that sending U.S. troops there was a mistake.
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Job Finding is Hard

That’s the number of Americans who recently said it was difficult to find a job in their community — a proportion that rises to 55% when the qualifier “good job” is added to the question.
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Better Wages for Latino Immigrants

That’s the proportion of foreign-born Latino workers in the lowest fifth of the wage distribution, a significant decline from the 42% who were low wage workers a decade earlier.
reportAug 27, 2007

The V-Word Heats Up the Iraq Debate

Two different destructive storms struck the continent and even in the dog days of summer, the presidential race continued to attract significant media interest. But several factors—an intelligence report, a senatorial statement, and a presidential analogy—all combined to re-ignite the debate over U.S. policy in Iraq.
reportAug 27, 2007

How the Public Resolves Conflicts Between Faith and Science

Polls show that Americans have a healthy respect for science. But what happens when scientific findings conflict with religious beliefs? In the case of evolution, religious people, who make up a majority of Americans, rely primarily on their faith for answers.
reportAug 27, 2007

How the Public Resolves Conflicts Between Faith and Science

by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow The relationship between faith and science in the United States seems, at least on the surface, to be paradoxical. Surveys repeatedly show that most Americans respect science and the benefits it brings to society, such as new technologies and medical treatments. And yet, religious convictions limit many Americans’ willingness […]
reportAug 27, 2007

Online News Audience

Pew Internet, Pew Research, and McKinsey analysts all come to similar conclusions: the online news space is active and ripe for innovation.