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    Latinos in the 2016 Election: North Carolina

    This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters […]

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    Lifelong Learning and Technology

    A large majority of Americans seek extra knowledge for personal and work-related reasons. Digital technology plays a notable role in these knowledge pursuits, but place-based learning remains vital to many.

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    2. Views on immigration, diversity, social issues

    Republican and Democratic registered voters remain far apart on key questions regarding perceptions of immigrants and immigration policy, views on the security treatment of U.S. Muslims and views on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. These gaps across parties are familiar. The gaps within parties by primary candidate support vary by issue. In general, […]

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    Methodology

    The majority of analysis in this report is based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted between Jan. 27 and Feb. 16, 2015, among a sample of 461 U.S. adults ages 18 or older. The survey was conducted by the GfK Group using KnowledgePanel, its nationally representative online research panel. GfK selected a representative sample […]

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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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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted December 8-13, 2015 among a national sample of 1,500 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (525 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 975 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]

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    15 striking findings from 2015

    From trust in government to views of climate change, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most memorable findings of the year.