More Americans now get news from the internet than from newspapers.

Seven-in-ten Americans say President Obama should focus on domestic policy.

Roughly half of Americans say people like themselves would gain influence under the Obama administration.

Most Americans who claim a religious affiliation think many religions, not just their own religion, can lead to eternal life.

More than six-in-ten current residents of Washington, DC were born in another state.

Fully a third of people living in rural areas see five or fewer widely held consumer products as necessities rather than luxuries.

Fewer than half (46%) among the American public now see the country as more politically divided than in the past, down 20 points from January 2007.

A pre-inaugural Pew Research Center poll finds about eight-in-ten Americans (79%) hold a favorable view of the incoming president, including 59% of Republicans.