Among the 47 nations and political entities surveyed in the latest Pew Global Attitudes report, the great majority (40) say that women are as good as or better than men as political leaders.

Roughly three-quarters of Democrats (74%) say they are especially looking forward to the 2008 primary elections, the first of which is being held today in New Hampshire; by comparison, only about half of Republicans (49%) share this enthusiasm.

Half of Americans say that as far as they are concerned, 2008 will be a better year than 2007, while 34% say it will be worse.

“Despite the long-running and intense political contests for their attention, seven-in-ten likely voters in Iowa’s caucuses say they still find the campaign interesting, compared with 57% of likely voters in New Hampshire, 48% in South Carolina and 45% nationally.
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That’s the small proportion of Pakistanis who say they support America’s anti-terror campaign; nearly six-in-ten oppose it.

That the number of pentecostals in the U.S. who say they speak or pray in tongues weekly or more frequently. About half (51%) say that the services they attend frequently include people speaking in tongues, prophesying or manifesting other signs of the Spirit.