That’s the small percentage of Republicans who say that dealing with global warming should be a top priority for the president and Congress.

Nearly nine-in-ten black respondents (87%) view TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey as a positive influence in the black community; in a virtual tie with Winfrey is comedian, actor and author Bill Cosby.

Most American Muslims (61%) express optimism that a balanced solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be found.

That’s the proportion of adults who said they were especially looking forward to baseball’s World Series according to a January Pew survey, down 13 points from 1988.

That’s the proportion of Americans who say they have watched one or more of the 2008 presidential campaign debates.

Nearly three-quarters of Mexican immigrants (71%) say they speak English just a little or not at all.

Shortly after last week’s Iowa caucuses, only about half of American adults could name both the Democratic and Republican winners — but 40% say the media have devoted too much coverage to the campaign.

A plurality of Americans (23%) cite Iraq as the single most important news event of 2007, but significantly fewer named Iraq as the year’s top event than did so in 2006 (34%).