--- title: "Data Feed: The future electoral map, smoking and children, optimism about New York’s mayor" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics What the U.S. electoral map may look like in 2060, The Washington Post Our politics is polarized on more issues than ever before, The Washington Post N.Y. optimistic about Mayor De Blasio; Poll on Bloomberg’s legacy out […]" date: "2014-01-17" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/17/data-feed-the-future-electoral-map-smoking-and-children-optimism-about-new-yorks-mayor/" --- # Data Feed: The future electoral map, smoking and children, optimism about New York’s mayor *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [What the U.S. electoral map may look like in 2060](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/16/what-the-u-s-electoral-map-will-look-like-in-2060/), The Washington Post [Our politics is polarized on more issues than ever before](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/17/our-politics-is-polarized-on-more-issues-than-ever-before/), The Washington Post [N.Y. optimistic about Mayor De Blasio](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=1996); Poll on Bloomberg’s legacy out at [12pm](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=1996), Quinnipiac [Americans rate economy as top priority for government](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166880/americans-rate-economy-top-priority-government.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [American’s attitudes about abortion](http://www.aei.org/papers/politics-and-public-opinion/polls/attitudes-about-abortion-an-aei-public-opinion-study/), American Enterprise Institute **Economy** [4 million job openings at end of November](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics [50% wary of investing in stocks](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166886/despite-high-stock-prices-half-wary-investing.aspx); and [Satisfaction with economy sours](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166871/americans-satisfaction-economy-sours-2001.aspx), Gallup [Where are America’s millionaires?](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/16/where-are-the-u-s-s-millionaires/) The Wall Street Journal [U.S. airline passenger numbers up 1.8%](http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/press_releases/bts003_14), Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Cold weather led to highest natural gas storage withdrawals](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=14651), Energy Information Administration [Two-thirds of Americans say they go to movies less often](http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-many-movies.html), DemoMemo [Housing bubble was much worse for Hispanics](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/16/the-housing-bubble-was-much-much-worse-for-hispanics/), The Washington Post [New residential construction](http://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/pdf/newresconst.pdf), Housing and Urban Development **Health & Society** [One out of 13 children will die prematurely unless smoking rates drop](http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/index.html), Surgeon General [Cigarette smoking remains widespread despite declines in past 30 years](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6302a2.htm?s_cid=mm6302a2_w), CDC [Ph.D programs have a dirty secret: Student debt](http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/phd-programs-have-a-dirty-secret-student-debt/283126/), The Atlantic [64.5 million Americans volunteered nearly 7.9 billion hours](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/volunteer/), Wendy Spencer [78% of office-based physicians used electronic health record system in 2013](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db143.htm), CDC [U.S. adults are choosing healthier foods](http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err161.aspx#.UtkyRRBdVHU), Department of Agriculture via [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304149404579323092916490748) [For the mentally ill, finding treatment grows harder](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304281004579218204163263142?KEYWORDS=health+law), The Wall Street Journal [You sleep more than you claim you do](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/you-sleep-more-than-you-claim-you-do/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Business%20Day&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0), The New York Times [ACA spurs state shift in long-term care](http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/aca-spurs-state-shift-in-long-term-care-85899534029), The Pew Charitable Trusts [Doctorate recipients from U.S. universities](http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed/digest/2012/), National Science Foundation **International** [Labor markets mixed in advanced economies](https://www.conference-board.org/ilcprogram/index.cfm?id=19670), The Conference Board** **[There are now 618 million internet users in China](http://www1.cnnic.cn/AU/MediaC/rdxw/hotnews/201401/t20140117_43849.htm), China Internet Network Information Center [Cartogram: Global warming’s biggest offenders](http://www.concordia.ca/content/shared/en/news/main/stories/2014/01/15/global-warming-sbiggestoffenders.html), Concordia University via [The Wire](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/01/redrawn-world-map-identified-global-warmings-biggest-offenders/8134/) [Output gaps in developing countries](http://www.economist.com/news/economic-and-financial-indicators/21594309-output-gaps-developing-countries), The Economist [Potential net migration index declines in many countries](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166796/potential-net-migration-index-declines-countries.aspx), Gallup [Why immigrants boomerang to Mexico](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/policy/why-immigrants-boomerang-to-mexico-20140117), National Journal [More Japanese women are working](http://qz.com/167840/more-japanese-women-are-working-but-for-the-economy-to-thrive-they-need-to-be-running-things/), Quartz [Women at Davos: What’s happening to the numbers?](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/interactive/2014/jan/17/women-davos-numbers-world-economic-forum) Guardian [How does UK’s fertility rate compare to other nations?](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2014/jan/17/how-does-the-uk-fertility-rate-compare-to-other-nations) Guardian [Extreme weather incidents around the world](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-01-17/living-with-extreme-weather.html), Bloomberg [World set record in billion-dollar weather disasters with 41](http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html?entrynum=2612), Wunderground **Random Sample** [20 most populous metro areas in 1 chart](http://www.peakbagger.com/pbgeog/histmetropop.aspx), Peakbagger via [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/16/the-top-20-most-populous-metro-areas-in-u-s-history-in-1-amazing-chart/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd) *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)*.*