Majority Approves of Arizona Immigration Law
Most Americans continue to support Arizona’s controversial immigration law, though most Hispanics disapprove of the law.
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Most Americans continue to support Arizona’s controversial immigration law, though most Hispanics disapprove of the law.
Just over half (52%) of Millennials say being a good parent is one of the most important things in life compared with 30% who say that about having a successful marriage.
More than eight-in-ten Republicans (84%) say the nation should impose tighter restrictions on immigration, compared with about six-in-ten Democrats (58%). The gap is 26 percentage points.
About two-thirds of Egyptians say they believe that democracy is preferable to any other kind of government.
About seven-in-ten Americans (72%) agree that Wall Street only cares about making money for itself.
Forty years after the Watergate break-in, most Americans old enough to remember the era, remember where they were when Richard Nixon resigned in August 1974.
About six-in-ten fathers believe being a dad has become more difficult than it was 20 or 30 years ago, and 48% of mothers agree, according to those surveyed with children under age 18.
One year after parts of their country were devastated by an earthquake and a tsunami, most Japanese disapprove of the government’s response to the crisis.
More than three-quarters (78%) of Spaniards blame their country’s banks and financial institutions for current economic problems, compared to 59% who say it is their government’s fault.
Few U.S. Catholics regard the use of contraceptives as morally wrong, even though the use of contraception is forbidden by church doctrine.
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