---
title: "Data Feed: Tax reform in charts, the Web at 25, GOP voters say no to marijuana"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-02-27"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/27/data-feed-tax-reform-in-charts-the-web-at-25-gop-voters-say-no-to-marijuana/"
---

# Data Feed: Tax reform in charts, the Web at 25, GOP voters say no to marijuana

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

**Politics **[GOP, though deeply split, has election edge](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/us/politics/despite-rifts-gop-has-election-edge-poll-finds.html?ref=newyorktimespollwatch), with [breakdowns](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/26/us/political-parties-poll.html), New York Times [Public split over increased deportation of unauthorized immigrants](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/02/27/public-divided-over-increased-deportation-of-unauthorized-immigrants/), Pew Research Center [The House GOP tax-reform proposal in four simple charts](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/26/understand-the-house-gop-tax-reform-proposal-in-four-simple-charts/), The Washington Post [22% of likely GOP voters said smoking marijuana was acceptable](http://www.winthrop.edu/winthroppoll/default.aspx?id=9804), Winthrop [How Republicans lost non-religious voters](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/26/how-republicans-lost-non-religious-voters/), The Washington Post [In Pa., Clinton climbs as Christie crashes](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/pennsylvania/release-detail?ReleaseID=2013), Quinnipiac

**Economy** [Interactive: How have housing prices changed in your city? ](http://demandinstitute.org/2000cities/explore) [Report](http://demandinstitute.org/2000cities/report/), Demand Institute** **[Americans remain divided on military spending](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167648/americans-remain-divided-military-spending.aspx), Gallup [What wealth looks like by age group](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/26/this-is-what-wealth-looks-by-age-group/), The Washington Post

**Health & Society **[The Web at 25 in the U.S.: 87% of adults say they use it](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/02/27/the-web-at-25-in-the-u-s/), Pew Research Center [More than 60% of noncitizens under 35 have been in U.S. at least 5 years](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb14-34.html), Census Bureau [Many business leaders doubt U.S. colleges prepare students](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167630/business-leaders-doubt-colleges-prepare-students.aspx), Gallup [U.S. obesity rate ticks up to 27.1% in 2013](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167651/obesity-rate-ticks-2013.aspx), Gallup [Reports of sexual assault in the military climbed in 2013](http://www.stripes.com/news/us/reports-of-sexual-assault-in-the-military-climbed-in-fy-2013-1.270162), Stars and Stripes [Number of communities using red-light cameras declines](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304071004579407413358714386?mod=WSJ_hp_RightTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Study on support services for veterans in college](http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014017), National Center for Education Statistics [Projections of education statistics to 2022](http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014051.pdf), NCES [58% of Americans closely followed news about implementation of the ACA](http://kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-policy-news-index-february-2014/), KFF

**International **[Merchandise trade continues to pick-up across most major economies](http://www.oecd.org/std/its/OECD-Trade-Q42013.pdf), OECD [The world loses or wastes about one-quarter to one-third of food it produces](http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/Poverty%20documents/FPW%20Feb%202014%20final.pdf), World Bank [The world’s fish are in danger – as is everyone who depends on them](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail), The Economist [Where are the flawed elections?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/26/where-are-the-flawed-elections/) Electoral Integrity Project via Washington Post** **[Syrians to replace Afghans as biggest refugee population](http://www.voanews.com/content/un-syrians-to-replace-afghans-as-worlds-biggest-refugee-population/1859369.html), Voice of America [8% increase in asylum applications to UK last year](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/migration-statistics-quarterly-report/february-2014/msqr-february-2014.html), Office for National Statistics [ ](http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2014/02/27/the-ageing-face-of-english-social-housing/)

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