---
title: "Data Feed: Record low want their representative re-elected, best and worst states, Facebook responds"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-01-24"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/24/data-feed-record-low-want-their-representative-re-elected-best-and-worst-states-facebook-responds/"
categories:
  - "Facebook"
---

# Data Feed: Record low want their representative re-elected, best and worst states, Facebook responds

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

**Politics **[Record low say their own representative deserves re-election](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167024/record-low-say-own-representative-deserves-election.aspx), Gallup [Two key factors behind our polarized politics](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/24/the-two-key-factors-behind-our-polarized-politics/), The Washington Post [The politics behind the economic fairness debate](http://cookpolitical.com/story/6650), Cook Political Report [2014 House open seats, by ‘Partisan Voter Index’](http://cookpolitical.com/story/6660), Cook Political Report [2014 Senate ratings](http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/senate/2014-senate-ratings-january-23-2014), The Rothenberg Political Report [Connecting the dots between partisanship and gridlock](http://wonkviz.tumblr.com/post/74277939647/connecting-the-dots-between-partisanship-and-gridlock), Christopher Ingraham [Baby Boomers to push U.S. politics in the years ahead](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167012/baby-boomers-push-politics-years-ahead.aspx), Gallup

**Economy** ****[62% of U.S. CEOs plan to hire in 2014](http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/ceo-survey/index.jhtml), PwC's Global CEO survey [What do Americans think of income inequality?](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25872381) (Video) BBC [Mean vs. median income trends in U.S.](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/michael-spence-explains-why--secular-stagnation--is-not-a-problem-that-the-us-and-other-advanced-economies-should-try-to-solve), via Project Syndicate [Union membership rate is flat at 11.3%](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm), Bureau of Labor statistics [Natural gas displaced coal as go-to fuel for electricity](http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/), Energy Information Administration

**Health & Society** [New data show 'snowbelt-to-sunbelt' migration sluggish to return](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-snowbelt-sunbelt-migration-sluggish-20140123,0,1477427.story#axzz2rKRW5jkY), Los Angeles Times [Births, deaths, and immigration in 2013](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb14-tps06.html), Census Bureau [Fewer immigrants came to U.S. last year](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/23/fewer-immigrants-came-to-u-s-last-year/), The Wall Street Journal [Naturalization application lawsuits drop 50% in five years](http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.140123.html), TRAC Syracuse [8,763 reported allegations of sex abuse in correction facilities](http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4882), Bureau of Justice Statistics [49% of college teachers are part-time workers](http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/01/part-time-professors.html), DemoMemo [Politico’s best and worst U.S. states](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/states-of-our-union-are-not-all-strong-102547_Page2.html#.UuKQxBAo6Hs), Politico

**International** [Challenges in counting the world’s hungry](http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/challenges-counting-world-s-hungry), World Bank [Survey of Cambodian public opinion](http://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/2014%20January%2023%20Survey%20of%20Cambodia%20Public%20Opinion%2C%20October%2028-November%2010%2C%202013.pdf), USAID [Mental health and work stats in Switzerland](http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/mentalhealthandwork-switzerland.htm), OECD

**Random Sample** [Facebook responds to Princeton study](https://www.facebook.com/notes/mike-develin/debunking-princeton/10151947421191849), Facebook

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