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reportFeb 14, 2007

How Reliable Are the Early Presidential Polls?

As the number of declared presidential candidates grows, followers of early poll readings should bear in mind some caveats. Early frontrunners for the Republican nomination in most of the past seven open contests have gone on to win the nomination, but this year there are two GOP frontrunners instead of one clear leader. On the Democratic side, even when there is a clear frontrunner as there is this year with Sen. Hillary Clinton, the early polls have been less reliable in predicting who will capture the nomination.
reportJan 17, 2007

The internet and campaign 2006

The number of Americans who cited the internet as their primary source of campaign news in 2006 doubled since the last mid-term election Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002. Some 15% of all American adults […]
reportJan 17, 2007

Part 2. The Role of the Internet in the 2006 Election Cycle

Introduction The internet’s role in campaigns has grown dramatically in the past decade. Several forces are driving this. At the top of the list is the growth of broadband. There were only a handful of home broadband users in 1996. When the Pew Internet Project began asking questions about broadband access in the summer of […]
transcriptFeb 28, 2007

Same-Sex Marriage in California: Legal and Political Prospects

Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles Special Report: The Same-Sex Marriage Debate An Overview of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate The Constitutional Dimensions of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate A Stable Majority: Most Americans Still Oppose Same-Sex Marriage Additional Resources Map: State Policies on Same-Sex Marriage (Stateline.org) Religious Groups’ Official Positions on Same-Sex Marriage Same-Sex Marriage Candidate Comparison Same-Sex […]
reportDec 13, 2006

The Whole World is Reading

A two-year-old experiment in shrinking the global village, Global Voices features bloggers who often write about parts of the world that are ignored by the mainstream media. In this PEJ interview, co-founder Ethan Zuckerman talks about the promise of the blogosphere and some of the problems with traditional journalism.
transcriptDec 5, 2006

Understanding Religion’s Role in the 2006 Election

Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists and distinguished scholars gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. To help journalists better understand the role religion played in the 2006 midterm election, Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green and […]
reportNov 22, 2006

Podcast Downloading

Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it or view it at a later time.
reportNov 6, 2006

The Internet and Politics: No Revolution, Yet

Political fund-raising, campaigning, blogging and YouTubing are all on the rise, but they’re still a small part of the election scene.
reportNov 1, 2006

Is There a Culture War? A Dialogue on Values and American Public Life

James Davison Hunter and Alan Wolfe Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr. and Michael Cromartie, Series Editors Order the book In the wake of a bitter 2004 presidential campaign and in the face of numerous divisive policy questions, many Americans wonder if their country has split in two. People are […]
reportOct 6, 2006

The American Journalist

A new book surveying more than 1,000 journalists finds their politics have drifted a bit to the right since the 1990s, but they still remain more liberal than the general US population. With a majority of the public accusing news outlets of political bias, these numbers aren’t likely to silence that noisy debate.