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    Health Care Still the Summer’s Dominant Story

    Summary of Findings Despite the emergence of several major international stories – including an election in war-ravaged Afghanistan and the release of the so-called Lockerbie bomber – the public continued to be focused on domestic news, particularly the ongoing debate over health care reform. Fully 45% say they followed health care developments more closely than […]

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    A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.

    Note: For the Center’s most current data on Latter-day Saints (sometimes called Mormons), read our 2026 report “Tradition and Change Among Latter-day Saints in the U.S.” In Utah, July 24 is Pioneer Day, a state holiday commemorating the day in 1847 when the first Mormon settlers, led by Brigham Young, entered the Salt Lake Valley. Today, members […]

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    Palin Popular?

    Roughly as many Americans have a favorable as unfavorable opinion of Sarah Palin.

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    II. Generations Apart — and Together

    A Pew Research Center survey released earlier this summer found that 79% of the public says there is a generation gap, defined in the question as “a major difference in the point of view of younger people and older people today.” That’s nearly 20 percentage points higher than in 1979 when the same question was […]

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    Coverage of Jackson’s Death Seen As Excessive

    Summary of Findings The public closely tracked the sudden death of pop superstar Michael Jackson last week, though nearly two-in-three Americans say news organizations gave too much coverage to the story. At the same time, half say the media struck the right balance between reporting on Jackson’s musical legacy and the problems in his personal […]

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    Happy Father’s Day, Love Mom

    Fully 72% of married moms who work say dads are now doing as good a job or better than their counterparts did a generation ago.

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    Weight loss or weight control

    33% of internet users look online for information about how to lose weight or how to control their weight One-third of internet users, or 24% of adults, has looked for weight-loss or weight-control information on the internet. This is the first survey in which the Pew Internet Project has asked this question, so there is […]

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    Section 4: The Court and the Congress

    Half of the public (50%) says that the Senate should confirm Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter. By contrast, only a quarter (25%) says the Senate should not confirm the federal appeals court judge from New York, while another quarter (25%) did not express an opinion. Sotomayor has strong […]

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    Romney’s Image Improves; Palin Well Regarded by Republican Base

    Overview Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has seen his favorability ratings improve and now enjoys a positive balance of opinion among the general public: 40% rate him favorably, 28% unfavorably. This marks a reversal of opinion from February 2008, during the latter stages of the GOP primary campaign, when just 30% viewed him favorably and […]

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    Depression, anxiety, stress or mental health issues

    28% of internet users look online for information about depression, anxiety, stress or mental health issues. The percentage of adults who look online for information about mental health issues has increased in the past two years. From 2002-2006, online searches for information about mental health issues remained relatively stable, around 22%. In 2008, however, the […]