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    3. Public attitudes about today’s dating landscape

    Nearly half of Americans think dating has gotten harder in the last 10 years – especially women, who are much more likely than men to say dating now comes with more risk. Many think the recent increased focus on sexual harassment and assault has made it harder to know how to behave on dates, particularly […]

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    9. Conclusions

    While the growth of online interviewing is a prominent trend in polling, there is variation within that trend in how researchers recruit respondents. This study evaluated three respondent sourcing approaches (using workers from a crowdsourcing website, opt-in survey panels, and address-recruited survey panels) and found that sourcing affects data quality. Specifically, crowdsourced and opt-in survey […]

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    1. U.S. immigrants are rising in number, but just half are eligible to vote

    Not all immigrants are U.S. citizens, and as a result, not all immigrants are eligible to vote in federal elections.[4.numoffset=”4″ While immigrants are required to hold U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections, in some communities, adult noncitizen immigrants can vote in local elections. For example, Takoma Park, Maryland, has allowed noncitizen immigrants to cast […]

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    2. Congressional social media engagement driven by key issues, events and language

    Audience engagement with legislators’ posts has generally increased over the past five years. But that engagement has also varied significantly as events unfolded and shaped the broader political climate. By tracking notable day-over-day increases in engagement for the typical Democratic and Republican member of Congress, Pew Research Center researchers identified a number of events that […]

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    3. Power dynamics play a key role in problems and innovation

    Many of the experts in this canvassing said power dynamics play a key role in technology development and social and civic innovation and have substantial impact in regard to broad societal issues. These experts highlighted the discrepancies they see in regard to who has access to power and who controls the instruments of power. Some […]

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    1. Intention to participate in the census

    A large majority of U.S. adults – 78% – say they definitely or probably will participate in the 2020 census. An additional 21% say they might or might not, probably will not or definitely will not participate, with most of this group (14%) saying they might or might not. Among those who express at least […]