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    McCain Gains On Issues, But Stalls As Candidate Of Change

    Overview With two eventful and closely followed political conventions now in their rearview mirror, voters’ views of Barack Obama and John McCain have changed in some ways, yet remain the same in others. What has not changed is that the race remains very close: a national survey of 2,509 voters interviewed Sept. 9-14 on both […]

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    II. Hispanics and Chronic Disease in the U.S.

    Chronic conditions have large impacts on U.S. health and medical spending. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 133 million U.S. residents have at least one chronic condition. Treating those diseases costs $1.5 trillion a year, which accounts for 75 percent of the nation’s spending on direct medical costs.[5. numoffset=”5″ www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/overview.htm. Chronic Disease […]

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    Hispanics and Health Care in the United States

    More than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider, and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical personnel in the past year.

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    Changing news audience behavior

    A new kind of news consumer emerges as a quarter of the population blends news sources rather than relying on one platform.

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    Search Engine Use

    The percentage of internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from about one-third of all users in 2002, to a new high of just under one-half (49%).

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    Section 3: Issues and the 2008 Election

    Top Issues for 2008 The economy continues to lead the list of issues voters say will be very important to their candidate choice this fall. Fully 87% of voters say the economy will be very important to their vote this fall, which is virtually unchanged since May (88%) but greater than the proportion of voters […]

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    Growing Inequality in China

    About nine-in-ten (89%) Chinese identify the gap between rich and poor as a major problem and 41% cite it as a very big problem.

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    Chapter 1. Chinese Views of Their Lives

    While large majorities in China are content with their country’s direction and economy, satisfaction with certain personal issues – job and household income – is more modest. Indeed, while most are satisfied with their family life, job and household income, by global standards, levels of personal satisfaction in China are not especially high. In addition, […]

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    Section 3: Issues and the 2008 Election

    Top Issues for 2008 The economy continues to lead the list of issues voters say will be very important to their candidate choice this fall. Fully 87% of voters say the economy will be very important to their vote this fall, which is virtually unchanged since May (88%) but greater than the proportion of voters […]

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    Section 2: Candidate Traits

    The favorability ratings for both candidates on the GOP ticket have declined over the past month. By contrast, both Barack Obama and Joe Biden are now viewed more favorably than they were in mid-September. Currently, 54% of voters say they have a favorable opinion of McCain, while 42% have an unfavorable opinion. In mid-September (Sept. […]