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    2. Looking Back to 2014: Latino Voter Turnout Rate Falls to Record Low

    Nearly 6.8 million Hispanics voted in the 2014 congressional election, a record total. But the voter turnout rate among Hispanics fell to 27%, the lowest rate ever recorded for Hispanics in a midterm election. Voter turnout in 2014 was down among all Americans compared with 2010. According to estimates based on Census Bureau data, 92.3 […]

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    3. In discussions about presidential candidates, Sanders mentioned far more than others

    The discussions of nearly all major presidential candidates grew over the three months studied, but within the liberal-leaning Reddit community, the discussions of some candidates far outweighed others. Three candidates received more than 70,000 comments across the three months (May, June and September 2015), while the vast majority were mentioned in fewer than 10,000 comments.[7. […]

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    Your favorite Fact Tank data in 2015

    From Millennials in the workforce to religion in America, our most popular posts told important stories about trends shaping our world.

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    Methodology

    About the Pew Research Center’s Spring 2015 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs are available on […]

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    Restrictions on Women’s Religious Attire

    Many countries have laws that ban or limit women from wearing religious attire in public places. By comparison, far fewer countries require women to wear particular types of attire for religious reasons.

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    Methodology

    The Pew Research Center’s Teen Relationship Study was funded, designed and analyzed by Pew Research Center staff. Quantitative fieldwork was conducted by the GfK Group (GfK, formerly Knowledge Networks). Specifically, the survey examined the attitudes of teens ages 13 to 17 years old, as well as those of their parents, toward technology. The survey examined […]

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    5. Political engagement and views of government

    As has been the case throughout the Obama presidency, Republicans hold considerably more critical views of government than Democrats across multiple measures. Today, 32% of Republicans and Republican leaners say they are angry with government; just 12% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say the same. And while three-quarters (75%) of Republicans say the federal government […]