--- title: "Data Feed: Christie’s ‘bully-meter,’ Congress ratings, global gay rights" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics 54% of N.J. voters say Christie a leader; 40% say bully, Quinnipiac 34% approve of congressional Democrats, 25% Republicans,  ABC News/ Washington Post Congress job approval starts 2014 at 13%, Gallup Members of Congress rated on productivity, Brookings […]" date: "2014-01-15" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/15/data-feed-christies-bully-meter-congress-ratings-global-gay-rights/" --- # Data Feed: Christie’s ‘bully-meter,’ Congress ratings, global gay rights *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* #### Politics [54% of N.J. voters say Christie a leader; 40% say bully](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=1995), Quinnipiac [34% approve of congressional Democrats, 25% Republicans](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/01/dems-gop-in-congress-unlucky-in-love/), ABC News/ Washington Post [Congress job approval starts 2014 at 13%,](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166838/congress-job-approval-starts-2014.aspx) Gallup [Members of Congress rated on productivity](http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/congressional-moneyball), Brookings [Government itself still cited as top U.S. problem](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166844/government-itself-cited-top-problem.aspx), Gallup [Money in politics with a gender lens](http://www.ncrw.org/MoneyPoliticsGenderLens), National Council for Research on Women via [Roll Call](http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/super-pac-boom-marginalizes-women-report-says/) #### Economy [Tracking American counties in recession and recovery](http://www.uscounties.org/countytracker/index.html), National Association of Counties [For recent grads, good jobs really are hard to find](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/01/15/for-recent-grads-good-jobs-really-are-hard-to-find/), The Wall Street Journal [Unemployment insurance duration by state](http://www.offthechartsblog.org/where-things-stand-for-the-unemployed/), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [Men’s economic status and marital transitions of fragile families](http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/3/default.htm), Demographic Research [Airline consumer complaints decline 23.6%](http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/press_releases/dot005_14), Bureau of Transportation Statistics #### Health & Society [26% of Asian adults had hypertension](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db140.htm), CDC [Homelessness declines 9%](http://blog.metrotrends.org/2014/01/homelessness-continues-decline-affordable-housing-crisis/), Urban Institute [Hispanics’ attitudes toward work](http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/01/hispanic-talent-is-the-future-for-big-companies/), Harvard Business Review #### International [Gay rights laws around the world](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/gay-rights/), The Washington Post [Global migration trends infographic](http://www.prb.org/Publications/Media-Guides/2014/infographic-global-migration.aspx), Population Reference Bureau [Egyptians’ approval of leadership](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166832/egyptians-approval-leadership-multifaceted.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [5 charts on international aid to Syria](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/15/aid-to-syria-the-5-big-questions), Guardian [53% in South Korea expect relations with North to deteriorate](http://en.asaninst.org/january-2014-brief/), Asan Institute [Economic survey of Russia](http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/russian-economy-growing-but-further-reforms-needed.htm), OECD [China dwarfs U.S. in monetary stimulus](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/business/international/china-dwarfs-us-in-monetary-stimulus.html?action=click&contentCollection=International%20Business®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article), The New York Times [Moderate growth of German economy in 2013](https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2014/01/PE14_016_811.html;jsessionid=997CE74161D9334D40C76E4769D02EE2.cae4), Destatis [Economic outlook for developed countries](http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/GEP/GEP2014a/GEP2014aFULL%20FINAL.pdf), World Bank *Got new data to share? Send it to us via email *[*facttank@pewresearch.org*](mailto:facttank@pewresearch.org)* or Tweet us *[*@FactTank*](http://www.twitter.com/facttank)*.*