---
title: "Data Feed: Olympic skepticism, consumer confidence, Super Bowl tweets"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-02-04"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/04/data-feed-olympic-skepticism-consumer-confidence-super-bowl-tweets/"
---

# Data Feed: Olympic skepticism, consumer confidence, Super Bowl tweets

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

**Politics **[Public skeptical of decision to hold Winter Olympics in Russia](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/02/04/public-skeptical-of-decision-to-hold-olympic-games-in-russia/), Pew Research Center [Deficit projected to fall in 2014 and 2015, then start rising again](http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/45010-Outlook2014.pdf), CBO [Partisan voting trends in Congress, 1953-2013](http://media.cq.com/votestudies/), CQ Roll Call [Why you shouldn’t blame polarization on partisan news](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/04/why-you-shouldnt-blame-polarization-on-partisan-news/), The Washington Post [Christie’s loss appears to be Clinton’s gain](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/03/cnnorc-poll-christies-loss-appears-to-be-clintons-gain/), CNN/ORC[ ](http://cnu.edu/cpp/feb_3_2014_general_assembly_report.pdf)[Midwest business leaders back comprehensive immigration reform](http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/UserFiles/File/Immigration/MBLSReport_FINAL.pdf), Chicago Council [More House incumbents facing challenging primaries](http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/02/primary-schooling-recent-battles-offer-hints-about-2014s-face-offs.html), Center for Responsive Politics [Voters prefer internet as source of election information](http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/polling-summary-voting-information-project-85899537889), The Pew Charitable Trusts

**Economy **[Recent gains keep confidence warm in January](http://home.isr.umich.edu/releases/recent-gains-keep-confidence-warm-in-january/), Reuters/University of Michigan [Federal job cuts aren't just biting inside the Beltway](http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/2014/02/03/federal-job-cuts-are-not-just-biting-inside-the-beltway/), Tax Policy Center [Why more educated workers enjoy greater employment stability](http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2014/201409/201409abs.html), Federal Reserve [Computer and electronic products are top U.S. exports to Mexico](http://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/images/2014/february/foreign_trade--us-mexico_v4_1.jpg), Census Bureau [If car culture is really dying, it’s a long, slow, complicated death](http://qz.com/171206/if-car-culture-is-really-dying-its-a-long-slow-complicated-death/), Quartz

**Science & Technology **[A quarter of U.S. households didn't have home internet use in 2012](http://www.census.gov/hhes/computer/files/2012/Computer_Use_Infographic_FINAL.pdf), Census Bureau [More on the stubborn persistence of America’s digital divide](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/02/stubborn-persistence-americas-digital-divide/8280/), The Atlantic Cities [25.3 million Super Bowl tweets were sent last Sunday](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2014/super-bowl-xlviii-nielsen-twitter-tv-ratings-post-game-report.html), Nielsen

**Health & Society** [Number of women with advanced degrees rose 52% from 2003-2013](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb14-tps11.html), Census Bureau [How spending per Medicaid enrollee varies across states](http://kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-per-enrollee-spending-variation-across-states/), Kaiser Family Foundation [America’s heroin problem in two charts](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-03/america-s-out-of-control-heroin-problem-in-two-charts-.html), Bloomberg** **[Mississippi most religious state, Vermont least religious](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167267/mississippi-religious-vermont-least-religious-state.aspx), Gallup [Refugees and asylees in the U.S.](http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=986), Migration Policy Institute[ ](http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/04/health/who-world-cancer-report/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter)

**International **[Unemployment trends in Europe](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics), Eurostat [OECD annual inflation nudges up to 1.6% in December 2013](http://www.oecd.org/std/prices-ppp/OECD-CPI-02-14.pdf), OECD [Interactive: Women’s rights country by country](http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2014/feb/04/womens-rights-country-by-country-interactive), Guardian [Job uncertainty and household savings in China](http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2014/february/job-uncertainty-china-household-savings-state-owned-enterprises-iron-rice-bowl/), Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco [55% in Asia-Pacific actively saving for health-related issues](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2014/dedicating-wealth-to-preserve-health.html), Nielsen [Measuring state capacity and democratic governance in Latin America](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/insights/IO902en.pdf), LAPOP/Vanderbilt

**Random Sample** [Atlas of the historical geography of the United States](http://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/), University of Richmond via [FlowingData](http://flowingdata.com/2014/02/03/digitally-revamped-atlas-of-historical-geography-from-1932/)

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