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    Friendship, Strangers and Safety in Online Social Networks

    One in four online teens make friends on social networks. Teens use social networks for the creation and the maintenance of friendships. Most teens are using the networks to stay in touch with people they already know, either friends that they see a lot (91% of social networking teens have done this) or friends that […]

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    Section III: Candidate Traits and the ’08 Campaign Military service, being a Christian, and political experience lead the list of traits that Americans find most appealing in a presidential candidate. But even more Americans say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is an atheist or a political newcomer, and nearly […]

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    II. Monthly Expenses

    Not surprisingly, housing is near the top of the public’s list of regular expenses. This is true both for the 68% of Americans who own their home and the 27% who rent. Among homeowners, about a third (32%) report that they have no mortgage, while two-thirds report that they pay at least one mortgage bill […]

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    II. Saving, Spending, Splurging

    America’s best-known aphorism about thrift advises that “a penny saved is a penny earned,” but if its author, Ben Franklin, were somehow able to review the findings of this survey, he’d probably find them bittersweet. On the one hand, large majorities of Americans describe themselves as savers by instinct, temperament and inclination. On the other […]

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    What Americans Pay For – and How

    Nearly three-in-ten adults say the most common way they take care of their regular monthly bills is by an online or electronic payment.

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    Part 2. The Role of the Internet in the 2006 Election Cycle

    Introduction The internet’s role in campaigns has grown dramatically in the past decade. Several forces are driving this. At the top of the list is the growth of broadband.  There were only a handful of home broadband users in 1996. When the Pew Internet Project began asking questions about broadband access in the summer of […]

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    Broad Support for Political Compromise in Washington

    Summary of Findings A survey conducted in association with National Public Radio A large majority of the American public thinks the country is more politically polarized than in the past, and an even greater number expresses a strong desire for political compromise. Fully three-quarters say they like political leaders who are willing to compromise, compared […]