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    McCain and Huckabee Catch Up to Giuliani Nationwide

    Summary of Findings On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Rudy Giuliani’s once solid lead in nationwide polling of Republican voters has vanished. The latest nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds about equal levels of support for John McCain (22%), Rudy Giuliani (20%), and Mike Huckabee (17%). […]

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    Information Searches That Solve Problems

    People who have faced one of several common government-related problems in the past two years are more likely to consult the internet than other sources, including experts and family members.

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    The new information order

    Where do you turn when you have a problem? Family and friends? Experts? Internet searches? Libraries?
    We asked those and a variety of other questions on a recent survey and found some surprising things.

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    Information Searches That Solve Problems

    There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.

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    Presidential Race Remains Top Story

    The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a full Weekly News Index report for December 23-28, 2007. PEJ is, however, making the data available.

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    Blacks See Job Discrimination as Chronic

    Two-thirds of all African Americans report that discrimination is commonly encountered when blacks apply for a job (67%), a view shared by only 20% of whites and 36% of Hispanics.

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    Second-generation Latinos Fluent in English

    Nearly nine-in-ten second generation Latinos in the U.S. say they can carry on a conversation in English very well compared with only 23% of first-generation adult Latinos.

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    Hispanic Partisan Split

    Some 57% of Hispanic registered voters now say they are Democrats or lean Democratic while just 23% align with the Republican Party — a 34-percentage-point gap in partisan affiliation.