Gun Ownership and Regulation

reportNov 7, 2012

Latino Voters in the 2012 Election

Latinos voted for President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by 71% to 27%, according to an analysis of exit polls by the Pew Hispanic Center, a Project of the Pew Research Center.1 Obama’s national vote share among Hispanic voters is the highest seen by a Democratic candidate since 1996, when President Bill Clinton won […]
reportNov 7, 2012

A Milestone En Route to a Majority Minority Nation

The minority groups that carried President Obama to victory yesterday by giving him 80% of their votes are on track to become a majority of the nation’s population by 2050, according to projections by the Pew Research Center. They currently make up 37% of the population, and they cast a record 28% of the votes […]
reportNov 7, 2012

Pew Research Center’s Exit Poll Analysis on the 2012 Election

Pew Research Center analyzes the electorate, voter turnout and the issues that affected President Obama’s reelection win in 2012.
reportNov 7, 2012

Changing Face of America Helps Assure Obama Victory

Barack Obama retained enough support from key elements of his base to win reelection, even as he lost ground nationally since 2008. In particular, Obama maintained wide advantages among young people, women, minorities, and both the less affluent and the well-educated. Overall, Obama benefited from relatively strong turnout – both nationally and in key battleground […]
reportNov 7, 2012

Obama has a mandate. Sort of.

Obama now has a mandate to govern. But his mandate domestically, and internationally, on specific issues is far from clear.
reportNov 7, 2012

How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary Analysis

Obama’s margin of victory in the 2012 popular vote was smaller than in 2008. But the religious contours of the electorate were similar to recent elections – traditionally Republican groups such as white evangelicals and weekly churchgoers strongly backed Romney, while traditionally Democratic groups such as black Protestants, Hispanic Catholics, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated backed Obama by large margins.
reportNov 6, 2012

One-in-Five Registered Voters Talk About How They Voted on Social Media

Fully 22% of registered voters have told others how they voted on a social networking site, while 30% have been encouraged to vote for a candidate by family and friends and 20% have encouraged others to vote.
reportNov 6, 2012

U.S. sets diplomacy to music in Russia
short readsNov 6, 2012

Most Americans See China as a Competitor

Two-thirds of Americans say they see China as a competitor to the U.S. and about as many say China can’t be trusted.
reportNov 6, 2012

Hurricane Sandy and Twitter

How did people use Twitter during Hurricane Sandy and what did they tweet about? A new study from PEJ shows that over half of the conversation on and around the hurricane’s landfall was news, information, photos and videos of and about the super storm.

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Gun Ownership and Regulation

Latino Voters in the 2012 Election

Pew Research Center’s Exit Poll Analysis on the 2012 Election

Changing Face of America Helps Assure Obama Victory

Obama has a mandate. Sort of.

How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary Analysis

One-in-Five Registered Voters Talk About How They Voted on Social Media

U.S. sets diplomacy to music in Russia

Most Americans See China as a Competitor