Just 34% of voters say they know a lot about McCain’s stance on major issues.

Just 49% of Republicans say there is evidence of global warming.

Fully 78% of voters cite education as a very important issue.

Only 13% of U.S. adults say it’s “very important” for them to be wealthy, ranking this personal priority far behind six others measured in a Pew Social Trends survey.

The number of people who say they are unaffiliated with any particular faith today (16.1%) is more than double the number who say they were not affiliated with any particular religion as children.

Just 18% of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country today, down from 22% in March and 27% at the end of 2007. This represents a new low in 20 years of Pew Research Center polling.

More than four in ten Americans (43%) say that the use of torture can be justified to gain key information sometimes (31%) or often (12%).

One-third of those who say they were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic, which means that roughly 10% of all Americans are former Catholics.