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    We’re Middle Class

    Roughly half of Americans describe themselves as middle class.

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    Boomers See Trouble Ahead

    Although baby boomers as a group enjoy higher median household incomes than do younger or older adults, some 55% say it is likely that their incomes will not keep up with the cost of living over the next year, a higher proportion than among either younger Americans (44%) or older ones (43%).

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    A Man’s World

    By a ratio of nearly two-to-one, Americans say that men (46%) rather than women (24%) have the better life in this country.

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    TV Still King of News

    More Americans use TV (57%) to consume news than any other media source.

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    God Gap

    There was a 24-point gap in Obama support between voters who never attend worship services and those that attend weekly.

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    Economic Problems, Especially in Detroit, Absorb Public’s Attention

    Summary of Findings With the presidential election behind them, Americans have turned their attention back to the nation’s economy. The economy was by far the public’s top news story last week. Fully 56% of the public followed news about the economy very closely last week, and as many as 43% listed this as the single […]