Mexicans Say Life is Better in the U.S.
Close to six-in-ten Mexicans (57%) say that people who leave Mexico enjoy a better life in the U.S., up from 51% in 2007.
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Close to six-in-ten Mexicans (57%) say that people who leave Mexico enjoy a better life in the U.S., up from 51% in 2007.
The Mexican public overwhelmingly backs a tough anti-drug strategy: 83% support using the Mexican army to fight drug traffickers.
Majorities or pluralities in 13 of 25 countries surveyed believe that China will — or already has — replaced the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower.
About 11% of now living persons born in Mexico is currently living in the U.S.
A third of all immigrants living in the U.S. are from Mexico.
Scarcely more than half of American males ages 15 and older are currently married.
About one-in-ten voters in 2008 was Hispanic.
In this year’s primary elections in three states — California, Texas and New Mexico — Latino voters more than accounted for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s total margin of victory.
Large majorities in many of Venzuela’s Latin American neighbors say they have little or no confidence in Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who suffered a substantial setback in last Sunday’s elections in his own country.
That’s the percentage of Italians who voice concern about immigration, the highest share of any of the publics in the latest Pew Global Attitudes 47-nation survey.
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