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    Public Focused on Economy, Media on Weiner Scandal

    Overview Americans focused most closely last week on economic news amid continued reports about the weakness of the recovery, while the media gave the most coverage to the scandal involving New York Rep. Anthony Weiner. About a quarter of the public (23%) says the economy was their top story of the week, according to the […]

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    Living Together: The Economics of Cohabitation

    Cohabitation is an increasingly prevalent lifestyle in the United States. The share of 30- to 44-year-olds living as unmarried couples has more than doubled since the mid-1990s. Adults with lower levels of education—without college degrees—are twice as likely to cohabit as those with college degrees.

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    II. Dissecting the 2010 Electorate

    The electorate in last year’s midterm election was the most racially and ethnically diverse midterm electorate ever. Of the nation’s 96 million voters[3. numoffset=”3″ This estimate is from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey November Voting and Registration Supplement. However, since it is based on self-reports of voting and voter registration, CPS estimates of voter […]

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    Midwest Tornadoes Top Story for Public and Press

    Overview The devastating tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest last week dominated the public’s news interest and received much more coverage than any other story. About half of the public (48%) says they followed news about the powerful tornadoes that struck Joplin, Mo., more closely than any other news last week. None of the week’s […]

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    Trump Most Visible Among Possible GOP Contenders

    Summary of Findings Donald Trump has drawn a lot of attention in a slow-starting race for the GOP nomination. Roughly a quarter of all Americans (26%) name Trump as the possible Republican presidential candidate they have heard most about lately, far more than volunteer any other candidate. Among Republicans, 39% name Trump as most visible […]

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    Chapter 2. Views of the U.S. and American Foreign Policy

    America’s image remains positive in most of the nations surveyed, and favorable ratings are particularly high in Europe. In most predominantly Muslim countries, however, views of the United States continue to be overwhelmingly negative. For the most part, opinions of the U.S. have changed little, if at all, in most countries for which trends are […]

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    Home Sweet Home. Still.

    The collapse of the U.S. housing market has not shaken the public’s confidence in the investment value of homeownership.

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    Section 1: The 2012 Election

    Barack Obama continues to fare well against a generic Republican opponent in the 2012 general election. Nearly half (48%) of registered voters say they would like to see Barack Obama reelected, while 37% say they would prefer to see a Republican candidate win in 2012. This is virtually unchanged from March. This 11-point edge is […]