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    Chapter 1. Views of National Conditions and the Economy

    Brazilians offer mixed views about the way things are going in their country.  Most say the nation’s economy is in good shape, but concerns about illegal drugs, crime, corruption and social inequality are widespread.  Still, compared with other publics around the world, Brazilians are among the most satisfied with national conditions.  Of the other 21 […]

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    The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls

    A new analysis of Pew Research Center pre-election surveys conducted this year finds that support for Republican candidates was significantly higher in samples based only on landlines than in dual frame samples that combined landline and cell phone interviews. The difference in the margin among likely voters this year is about twice as large as in 2008.

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    Section 1: Obama and Religion

    Obama’s Religious Beliefs The share of Americans who believe Barack Obama is a Muslim – which held steady at between 11% and 12% from early 2008 through early 2009 – has jumped to 18%. There also has been a steep decline in the number of people who identify Obama as a Christian – 34% today, […]

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    Section 1: The Midterm Vote

    All year, voters’ preferences in the upcoming midterm elections have been closely divided. That remains the case today – in the new survey, 47% of registered voters say that if the election were held today they would vote for the Democratic candidate or lean to the Democrat, while 44% would vote for the Republican or […]

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    Part Three: Adult attitudes towards the cell phone

    Cell owners feel safer, but disrupted by the mobile phone. With more than 4 in 5 American adults in possession of a cell phone, how do users feel about their handsets? Overall, nearly every adult with a cell phone feels safer because of the device; 91% of cell phone users agree that their phone makes […]

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    Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim

    Overview A substantial and growing number of Americans say that Barack Obama is a Muslim, while the proportion saying he is a Christian has declined. More than a year and a half into his presidency, a plurality of the public says they do not know what religion Obama follows. A new national survey by the […]

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    Taxed Enough Already?

    Despite all the animosity aimed at Washington, one usual political punching bag is actually not seen as villainous as it once was: taxes. More say they pay about the right amount in taxes than say they pay more than their fair share.

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    African American Press

    In addition to looking at how the mainstream media covered African Americans, this study also examined how issues of race were treated in the African American press. To do so, we looked at coverage of the biggest race story of the year, the Henry Louis Gates arrest and its aftermath.   For this separate analysis, […]

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    The Reversal of the College Marriage Gap

    In a reversal of long-standing marital patterns, college-educated young adults are more likely than young adults lacking a bachelor’s degree to have married by the age of 30.

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    The Economy and Health Care Crisis

    In all, less than 1% of the coverage of the economic crisis was related in some significant way to African Americans. This came despite the media devoting more attention to the economy than any other story during the time period studied. From February 2009 to February 2010, the economic crisis accounted for 21.1% of all […]