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    GOP’s Favorability Rating Edges Lower

    The Republican Party’s image, already quite negative, has slipped since last fall. Currently 33% of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62% have an unfavorable view.

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    1. Latinos are increasingly positive about current finances, but many say family income is not keeping pace with cost of living

    The share of Latinos who rate their personal finances as “excellent” or “good” has nearly doubled since the Great Recession, and this growing optimism extends across nearly all Latino demographic subgroups. However, half of Latinos say their family income is not keeping up with the cost of living. Views of current personal finances rebound Overall […]

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    1. Pathways to news

    In 2016, Americans express a clear preference for getting their news on a screen – though which screen that is varies. TV remains the dominant screen, followed by digital. Still, TV news use is dramatically lower among younger adults, suggesting further shake-ups to come. TV’s staying power over print is buttressed by the fact that […]

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    2. Living with mom and/or dad: More common for sons than daughters

    The rise in the share of young adults living with their parents since 1960 has occurred for both men and women and across all major racial and ethnic groups. Generally, throughout the past 135 years young men have been more likely than young women to be living in the home of their parent(s). For both […]

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    2. How people view libraries as part of community educational systems

    Substantial majorities of Americans are serving the needs of their communities and their own families at least pretty well. Some 37% say their local libraries serve the needs of their communities “very well” and another 39% say “pretty well.” At the same time, 34% say their local libraries serve them and their families “very well” […]

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    The Twilight of Landline Interviewing

    By Courtney Kennedy, Kyley McGeeney and Scott Keeter Now that over 90% of U.S. adults have cellphones,[1. Stephen J. Blumberg and Julian V. Luke. Wireless substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2015. National Center for Health Statistics. May 2016. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm] survey researchers are considering whether it is necessary […]

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    1. Highly religious people not distinctive in all aspects of everyday life

    Highly religious people are distinctive in their day-to-day behaviors in several key ways: They are more engaged with their families, more involved in their communities and more likely to report being happy with the way things are going in their lives. In other ways, however, there is little discernible difference in the way highly religious […]

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    2. Three-quarters of adults have done a personal learning activity in the past year

    To characterize the landscape of personal learning among adult Americans, the October-November 2015 survey presented respondents a list of possible learning activities they might pursue. For personal learning, most adults turn to how-to magazines, consumer magazines or other publications to learn something on a topic of personal interest – and this outpaces signing up for […]