---
title: "Data Feed: Dissatisfaction with government, the impact of Citizens United, data for Davos"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-01-22"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/22/data-feed-dissatisfaction-with-government-the-impact-of-citizens-united-data-for-davos/"
---

# Data Feed: Dissatisfaction with government, the impact of Citizens United, data for Davos

*A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.*

**Politics** [65% dissatisfied with how the U.S. government system works](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166985/dissatisfied-gov-system-works.aspx), Gallup [Poll: Voters concerned about income inequality](http://mediarelations.gwu.edu/battleground-poll), George Washington University [Poll: Bridgegate takes toll on Christie’s 2016 hopes](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1998), Quinnipiac [How politically moderate are Americans? Less than it seems](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/22/how-politically-moderate-are-americans-less-than-it-seems/), The Washington Post [How Citizens United changed politics, in 6 charts](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/21/how-citizens-united-changed-politics-in-6-charts/), The Washington Post [Obama’s job approval points to 2014 trouble for Democrats](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/22/how_obamas_job_approval_could_sway_senate_races.html), Real Clear Politics

**Economy** [Foreign ownership of U.S. assets](http://www.cfr.org/united-states/quarterly-update-foreign-ownership-us-assets/p25685), Council on Foreign Relations [Median weekly earnings of full-time workers rises 1.4% to $786](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics

**Health & Society** [Trends in social media usage](https://propellergroup.app.box.com/s/g6hqyzx4jv7q48aoibrx), GlobalWebIndex via [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/01/21/facebook-is-losing-teens-but-its-no-crisis-researchers-say/) [Land rush on the internet anticipated Feb. 4](http://qz.com/165238/the-biggest-land-rush-in-the-history-of-the-internet-begins-on-february-4/), Quartz [Poll: 62% say to keep marijuana use in pro-sports banned](http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/usapolls/us131203/HBO-Real%20Sports/Complete%20January%202014%20USA%20HBO%20Real%20Sports_Marist%20Poll%20Release%20and%20Tables.pdf), Marist/ HBO Real Sports [How will more obesity, less smoking affect life expectancy?](http://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IB_14-2.pdf) Center Retirement Research [How liberal arts and sciences majors fare](http://www.aacu.org/press_room/press_releases/2014/liberalartsreport.cfm), Assoc. American Colleges and Universities

**International** [5 key data sets for Davos](http://www.theguardian.com/business/datablog/2014/jan/22/davos-2014-five-key-data-sets), Guardian [The share of government and public-sector employees in OECD](https://twitter.com/ECONdailycharts/status/426005915423485953/photo/1), The Economist [World Economic Outlook update](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/update/01/pdf/0114.pdf), International Monetary Fund [The risk of a jobless recovery](http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/2014/lang--en/index.htm), International Labor Organization [Violence and migration in Central America](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/insights/IO901en.pdf), Vanderbilt University [Pathways to marriage and cohabitation in Central America](http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/6/default.htm), Demographic Research [2013 global climate report](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/13), U.S. NOAA [7.1% unemployment rate in UK](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_347785.pdf), Office for National Statistics [Euro area government debt down to 92.7% of GDP](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-22012014-AP/EN/2-22012014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat[ ](http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/latestProducts/6401.0Media%20Release1Dec%202013)

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