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    Hispanics Favor Bigger Role for Government

    Three-quarters of U.S. Hispanics prefer a big government which provides more services to a small one providing fewer services. This figure is significally lower among the public at large.

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    Citizen 2.0

    Director Lee Rainie will give the “Citizen 2.0” talk at a Webinar called Forum PA

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    A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations

    In a reversal of traditional gender roles, young women now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a high-paying career or profession.

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    Instagram, Facebook and Media Controversies Lead on Social Media

    The sale of the photo networking site Instagram to Facebook for $1 billion gained attention on both blogs and Twitter last week as users were startled by the large price tag. Also, three separate media controversies kept the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin case in the news six weeks after the incident occurred.

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    Most Swing Voters Favor Afghan Troop Withdrawal

    Overview Public support for maintaining U.S. forces in Afghanistan has reached a new low. And as the general election campaign begins, swing voters, by nearly two-to-one, favor removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan as soon as possible. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of voters who say they are certain to support Barack Obama in the general election favor […]

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    Murder Charge in Trayvon Martin’s Death Top Story

    Overview The Trayvon Martin killing continued to top the public’s news interest last week as prosecutors in Florida filed a second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the African American 17-year-old. About a third of the public (32%) says they followed news about the charges against Zimmerman more closely than […]