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    Religion and the Presidential Vote: A Tale of Two Gaps

    by John C. Green, Senior Fellow in Religion and American Politics For the presidential candidates and the pundits who write about them, one concern in the 2008 campaign is the “religion gap” – shorthand for the religious differences between Republican and Democratic voters. An analysis of national exit polls from 2004 shows there is not […]

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    Few Interested in Bonds’ Home Run Record

    Summary of Findings While Barry Bonds’ 756th career home run broke one of baseball’s long standing records, it was a non-event for many Americans. Just 12% followed the story very closely, while a 42% plurality did not follow the story at all closely. Bonds’ record received significantly less public attention than the last home run […]

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    Modern Marriage

    “Sharing household chores” now ranks third in importance on a list of nine items often associated with successful marriages – well ahead of such staples as adequate income, good housing, common interests and shared religious beliefs.

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    Section 1: Congress and the Parties

    Democratic Job Approval Public dissatisfaction with the performance of Democratic congressional leaders now stands at a new high for the 110th Congress. A 54% majority currently disapproves of the job Democratic leaders are doing, up from 49% a month ago and just 34% at the start of the legislative term in January. Barely one-in-three Americans […]

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    Methodology

    This report draws on two main research project methodologies – a telephone survey of teens and parents, and a series of focus group discussions with teens. The Parents & Teens 2006 Survey sponsored by the Pew Internet and American Life Project obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative call-back sample of 935 teens age 12 […]

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    Cyberbullying

    About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.

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    Methodology and Data

    The findings in this data memo are based on the findings of our daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the Internet conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Most of the data in this report is drawn from the Project’s February-March 2007 survey of 2,200 adult Americans. Of these, 1,492 were internet users and 966 […]

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    Are Americans Ready to Elect a Female President?

    When evaluating Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2008 prospects, one question remains inescapable: Are American voters ready to pick a female president? A review of exit polls in statewide elections suggests that, at least for Democratic candidates, being a woman is not an obstacle.

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    Legislators Balance the Books, Head Home

    In an exclusive roundup of legislation that has emerged from state capitols in 2007, Stateline.org finds — on issues ranging from civil unions to “living wages” — Democrats are making their mark now that the party is in control of 28 governorships and 23 statehouses. Policymakers in Washington, D.C., may get more attention, but the action is in the states.

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    Broad Topics of Coverage

    How did the attention devoted to the Iraq war and the 2008 elections affect the overall impression of the issues and events in the first quarter of the year? Grouping stories according to their broad topic areas—foreign affairs, crime, health, politics, science—helps paint that bigger picture and provide a sense of what has and has […]