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    Democrats Now More Positive on Campaign 2012

    Overview In the wake of the party conventions, Democrats express increasingly positive views of the presidential campaign. And today, substantially more Democrats than Republicans view the campaign as interesting and informative. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Sept. 7-9 among 1,012 adults, finds that 66% […]

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    Americans’ Views about Poverty and Economic Well-Being

    The Pew Research Center has published a number of recent reports that are relevant to the new Census Bureau numbers for the 2011 poverty rate, median household income and people without health insurance. This posting lists and links to reports about Americans’ attitudes toward their own economic circumstances and views on helping the poor, as well as analysis and explanation about poverty and economic well-being.

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    A Recovery No Better than the Recession

    The median income of American households decreased by as much in the two years after the official end of the Great Recession as it did during the recession itself. The latest estimates from the Census Bureau show that the median income for U.S. households in 2011 was $50,054.[1. DeNavas-Walt, Carmen, Bernadette D. Proctor, and Jessica […]

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    Importance of the Latino Vote in 2012

    Mark Hugo Lopez, associate director, Pew Hispanic Center, discusses the importance of the Latino Vote in the 2012 presidential election.

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    Record Partisan Gap in Views of Economic News

    Overview With the election less than two months away, partisan differences in views of economic news have become wider than ever. Despite this month’s lackluster jobs report, there has been a modest decline in the percentage of Americans saying news about the economy is mostly bad – with virtually all of the change coming among […]

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    Majority of Americans Support U.S. Drone Campaign

    Though more than six in ten Americans support the administration’s campaign of drone strikes against extremist leaders, majorities in many other nations oppose this tactic