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Overview 2012 Election Voter Preference Trends Track voter preferences for Obama vs. Romney overall and by demographic group. By a 52% to 37% margin, more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. The poll, conducted prior to Romney’s recent overseas trip, represents the sixth consecutive survey over the past nine […]
President Obama’s statement on May 9 that “same-sex couples should be able to get married” garnered significant public and media attention. Reports about Obama’sendorsement of gay marriage accounted for 14% of major news organizations’ coverage over the course of that week, equal to the amount of coverage given to the election contest and nearly double […]
As the 2012 party conventions approach, the Democratic Party continues to maintain an advantage in party identification among voters, but its lead is much smaller than it was in 2008. In more than 13,000 interviews conducted so far in 2012, 35% of registered voters identify with the Democratic Party, 28% with the Republican Party and […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted July 19-22, 2012 among a national sample of 1,001 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (600 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 401 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 191 who had no landline […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted July 19-22, 2012 among a national sample of 1,001 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (600 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 401 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 191 who had no landline […]
Most of the analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted June 28-July 9, 2012 among a national sample of 2973 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (1771 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1202 were interviewed on a […]
CONTACT: PEJ Director Tom Rosenstiel or Associate Director Mark Jurkowitz at 202.419.3650 PEJ: Press Coverage of the Character of the Candidates is Highly Negative and Neither Obama nor Romney Has an Edge August 23, 2012-The portrayal in the news media of the character of the two presidential candidates in 2012 has been as negative as […]
<!– Tell Us Your Story Join the conversation about ethnic identity on the Pew Hispanic Center Facebook page. –> Many years ago, my aunt was stopped by a state trooper in Pennsylvania for a traffic violation. To appreciate what happened, you have to know this: Aunt Mimi has lived in this country since 1963 and […]