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    Do the Democrats Have a ’God Problem’?

    by Gregory A. Smith, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Peyton M. Craighill, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press In the immediate aftermath of George W. Bush’s 2004 victory over John Kerry, many journalists and other political observers declared the election to have been decided, in large part, on the […]

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    Gender and Migration

    Reflecting broad changes in their social and economic status, women around the world have been migrating more in recent decades and as a result have constituted an increasing share of migrant populations almost everywhere.

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    Coralling Video Content

    So, you’ve decided you’re going to jump on to the Web 2.0 bandwagon and start a company that builds its business model around user-generated video content…

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    Ex-Governors Return to the Race

    That’s the number of former governors who are campaigning to regain their once-held posts this year.

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    Cell Phones to the Rescue

    That’s the percentage of American adults owning mobile phones who say they have used their hand-held device in an emergency and gained valuable help. Mobile women (77%) were more likely than mobile men (71%) to report this experience.

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    Happy Birthday, Mr. President

    That’s the age that President George W. Bush turns on his birthday today, July 6. The president’s year of birth, 1946, places him at the leading edge of the enormous baby boom generation, which collectively accounts for about 27% of all Americans.

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    No Clamor for Amendment From Flag-Waving Public

    About two-in-three Americans fly the flag. Nearly three-in-four say flag burning should be illegal. Roughly half say it should be unconstitutional. But despite these protective instincts, there’s been no public clamor demanding that Congress take steps to defend Old Glory against burners and desecrators.

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    Soccer Just Not Our Thing

    That’s the small percentage of adult Americans who said they were following the World Cup soccer championship being held in Germany very closely even before the U.S. was eliminated from the competition. Only 4% of Americans rate soccer as their favorite sport to watch.

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    Waving the Flag

    That’s the percentage of Americans who display the flag at their home, in their office or on their car, according to a March 2005 survey by the Pew Research Center. Americans don’t confine their patriotism to the 4th of July.

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    Pollster Morin to Join Pew Research Center as Senior Editor

    WASHINGTON – The Pew Research Center today announced that journalist and pollster Richard Morin will be joining as Senior Editor on July 24. Morin has been a journalist for 32 years, including the last 19 at The Washington Post, where he was polling editor, staff writer and author of the “Unconventional Wisdom” column. At the […]