---
title: "Data Feed: Ukrainian views of democracy, 2014 billionaires, Senate landscape"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-03-03"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/03/data-feed-ukrainian-views-of-democracy-2014-billionaires-senate-landscape/"
---

# Data Feed: Ukrainian views of democracy, 2014 billionaires, Senate landscape

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

**Politics** [The 2014 Senate landscape](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/02/us/politics/senate-races-to-watch-in-2014.html), New York Times [Pa. voters support same-sex marriage, split on recreational marijuana](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/pennsylvania/release-detail?ReleaseID=2014), Quinnipiac [N.J. voters split on job Obama is doing; plurality approve of both Senators](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/54f2256c-4408-47e3-a913-4473091eba92.pdf), Monmouth [Interactive: Industry voices dominate the trade advisory system](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/trade-advisory-committees/index.html), The Washington Post

**Economy** [The 2014 billionaires list](http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2014/03/03/inside-the-2014-forbes-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/), Forbes [Weather freezes consumer confidence in place in February](http://home.isr.umich.edu/releases/weather-freezes-consumer-confidence-in-place-in-february/), Reuters/U. Mich. [U.S. consumer spending rebounds in February](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167687/consumer-spending-rebounds-february.aspx), Gallup

**Health & Society** [Interactive: 25 years of declining state support for public colleges](http://chronicle.com/article/25-Years-of-Declining-State/144973/), Chronicle of Higher Ed.[ Officials' pay at public colleges rises faster than at private ones](http://chronicle.com/article/Officials-Pay-at-Public/145023/), Chronicle of Higher Ed. [Broadband adoption in cities often reflects socioeconomic geography](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2014/02/most-revealing-broadband-adoption-maps-weve-ever-seen/8517/), The Atlantic Cities [40% of what you pay for beer goes to taxes](http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/40-percent-of-what-you-pay-for-beer-goes-to-taxes-that-s-not-changing-any-time-soon-20140228), National Journal [For more people, American dream doesn't include home of their own](http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/for-more-people-the-american-dream-doesnt-include-a-home-of-their-own/2014/03/01/0c88002c-97e5-11e3-8461-8a24c7bf0653_story.html), The Washington Post, Miller Center [What are the early signals for a viral photo on Facebook?](https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-science/can-cascades-be-predicted/10152056491448859) Facebook [Mental illness rates highest in W. Va., lowest in N.J.](http://www.samhsa.gov/data/2k14/NSDUH170/sr170-mental-illness-state-estimates-2014.htm), SAMHSA

**International** [In early February poll, Russians overwhelmingly preferred to stay out of Ukrainian conflict](http://wciom.ru/index.php?id=459&uid=114720), RUSI (in Russian) [Ukrainians are not that divided in their views of democracy](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/03/ukrainians-are-not-that-divided-in-their-views-of-democracy/), The Washington Post [The recent Ukraine-Russia gap in UN voting records](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/02/a-graph-that-shows-how-the-ukraine-got-stuck-between-the-west-and-russia/), The Washington Post [Ukraine crisis roils global markets](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304360704579416440859178138?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Do high-income or low-income immigrants leave a host country faster?](http://www.cpc.ac.uk/publications/cpc_briefing_papers/pdf/BP18_Do_high_income_or_low_income_migrants_leave_a_host_country_faster_Bijwaard_et_al.pdf) CPC [Only 19% in Wales think Scotland should break away from UK](http://www.icmresearch.com/media-centre/media-centre/bbc-wales-st-david-s-day-poll-2014), [topline](http://www.icmresearch.com/data/media/pdf/2014_bbcwales_poll.pdf), BBC/ICM[ ](http://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Page.mvc/PressReleases)

**Random Sample **[14 world-changing data visualizations, from the last four centuries](http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/03/beautiful-science/), Wired

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