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    U.S Spanish-Language Print

    By contrast, the Spanish-language papers in the United States covered the issue more heavily in their front pages than their English-language counterparts. But for at least two of the papers, the additional coverage came from wires rather than staff reporters. Overall, the three largest Spanish-language newspapers averaged 12 articles per paper over the 12 twelve […]

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    Middle Class, By the Numbers

    The plight of Middle Americans has been much invoked by candidates from both parties this election year. Who are these folk? Here’s a self-portrait painted in statistics.

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    Tougher Times for the Middle Class

    Nearly eight-in-ten (79%) Americans say it is more difficult now than five years ago for people in the middle class to maintain their standard of living.

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    Middle-Class Job Worries

    One-in-four middle-class workers worry that one or more negative events might affect their job status in the coming year.

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    Government Responsible for Care of Needy

    A majority of Americans (57%) mostly or completely agree that it is the responsibility of government to “take care of people who can’t take care of themselves” — however only 19% completely agree.

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    Republicans: Still Happy Campers

    Despite the imploding stock market, the looming recession, the unpopular president and the dismal political polls, there’s very good news in the one realm of life that’s always been a special sanctuary for Republicans. Personal happiness.

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    Part 2: Bush and the Issues

    Shortly after President Bush took office in February 2001, no single issue stood out as the top national problem, though morality and ethics were mentioned most frequently (at just 12%); fewer than 1% cited terrorism. There was no clear public consensus about the nettlesome issue that was confronting policymakers – how to spend the federal […]

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    Section 2: Views of Government and the Social Safety Net

    The public takes a somewhat less cynical view of government today than it did in 2007. Americans are less likely to say that government is wasteful and inefficient (57%, compared with 62% in 2007) and more likely to believe that government is “really run for the benefit of all the people” (49%, compared with 45% […]

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    Religion and Politics ’08: The Candidates on the Issues

    Abortion   Barack Obama Obama supports abortion rights. On Jan. 23, during his first week as president, Obamasigned an executive order restoring federal funding for international organizations that perform or promote abortions in foreign countries. During the October 15, 2008 presidentialdebate, Obama expressed a willingness to support a ban on late-term abortions “as long as there’s an […]

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    Don’t Shove My Job!

    The vast majority of self-identified middle class workers (89% overall) are either completely or mostly satisfied with their job.

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