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Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, north, east, south or west, the U.S. public says it’s time for a big boost for the lowest paid.
How Broadband is Spreading Through the Population Broadband growth in the United States in early 2006 has resumed its fast upward trajectory. As of March 2006, 42% adult Americans – or 84 million people – have high-speed at home, up from 30% who had broadband at home in March 2005. This represents a 40% increase […]
The Differences that Divide Us are Much Smaller than Those that Set Us Apart from the Rest of the World
The American public views today’s immigrants with a mix of admiration and concern. Overall impressions of recent migrants to the U.S. from Latin American and Asian nations are generally positive, and nearly half of the public believes immigrants today are just as willing to assimilate as those of two centuries ago. Still, majorities express the […]
This Pew Internet & American Life Project report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the Internet. Telephone interviews were conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates between November 29 and December 31, 2005, among a sample of 3,011 adults, 18 and older. For results based on the total […]
Summary of Findings The American public is angry with Congress, and this is bad news for the Republican Party. The belief that this Congress has accomplished less than its predecessors is markedly higher than at any point in the past nine years, and by a wide margin Republican leaders are blamed for this. Many more […]
One in ten internet users have gone to a dating website. About one in ten (11%) internet users who responded to our survey said they had ever gone to a dating website where they could meet people online.[13.numoffset=”13″ Similar data from comScore Media Metrix gathered in the month of January 2006 shows that 14% of […]