War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era: Combat, Trauma and Re-entry
Two-thirds (67%) of post-9/11 combat veterans who had traumatic wartime experiences say their readjustment to civilian life was difficult.
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Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum
The Long-shot Duo Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum share some basic similarities in their treatment by the media. Each of these men generated relatively little news coverage between May and October, ranking No. 7 and 9 respectively among Republicans in that category. And the tone of each of their […]
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Partisan Divide Over Alternative Energy Widens
Overview Public support for increased federal funding on research into alternative energy technology, including solar technology, has decreased substantially since the early months of the Obama administration, with nearly all the decline coming from Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Overall, 68% of the public favors increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar and hydrogen energy […]
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Table: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country
View as: Numbers | Percent of All Christians | Percent of Total Population Country Percentage of 2010 Population that is Catholic Percentage of 2010 Population that is Protestant Percentage of 2010 Population that is Orthodox Percentage of 2010 Population that is Other Christian Percentage of 2010 Population that is Christian Afghanistan < 0.1% < 0.1% […]
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Chapter 4. Ratings of Countries and Organizations
Two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, publics in Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine share generally positive views of the United States and the European Union. Of the three nations, Lithuanians might be described as the most Westward leaning, with solid majorities looking favorably on the U.S., the EU and NATO. Ukrainians and Russians, […]
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Partisan Perceptions of the News Media
Three-quarters of Republicans (76%) say news organizations are politically biased, a view shared by 54% of Democrats.
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Section 4: Views of the Nation
The last 50 years have seen dramatic demographic, social and technological changes in this country, and different generations of Americans have their own distinct reactions to these changes. The racial and ethnic makeup of the country has been transformed. The 1950s-era nuclear family is now just one of a growing variety of family arrangements. And […]
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Cain’s Difficult Week
Cain’s difficulties in the press had been building for nearly a month, but last week was different for two reasons. The percentage of positive assertions about his candidacy fell. Perhaps just as important, the volume of coverage about him was enormous. Just as important, Cain was overwhelmingly the central figure in that coverage last week. […]
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Sarah Palin
Though she never entered the race, Sarah Palin did relatively well with the news media she often criticizes. She generated a good deal of attention, and a good deal of it was positive. Overall, she was the No. 4 newsmaker among Republicans. And while the majority of that came in May and June, Palin made […]