---
title: "Data Feed: Keystone XL divides Democrats, global views of online censorship, how to gain Twitter followers"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/19/data-feed-keystone-xl-divides-democrats-global-views-of-online-censorship-how-to-gain-twitter-followers/"
categories:
  - "Twitter (X)"
---

# Data Feed: Keystone XL divides Democrats, global views of online censorship, how to gain Twitter followers

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

**Politics **[Keystone XL pipeline divides Democrats](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/03/19/keystone-xl-pipeline-divides-democrats/), Pew Research Center [Virginia is top beneficiary of political parties](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POLITICAL_MONEY_GLANCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-03-19-03-19-03), Associated Press via [Politico](http://www.politico.com/playbook/) [2014 Illinois primary election results](http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/governor/illinois/#.UymXlvldVHU), Politico [Interactive: When women inherit their husbands' Congressional seats](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/18/when-women-inherit-their-husbands-congressional-seats/), Washington Post [Why do Asian Americans mostly vote for Democrats?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/19/why-do-asian-americans-mostly-vote-for-democrats/) Washington Post [Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval rating drops in NYC; voters still optimistic](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2021), Quinnipiac [Waning influence? Tracking the 'Unlobbyist'](http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/03/waning-influence-part-1-tracking-the-unlobbyist.html), Center for Responsive Politics

**Economy **[Why more skilled immigration would be good for American workers, too](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/19/why-more-skilled-immigration-would-be-good-for-american-workers-too/), Washington Post [Surprising attitudes toward energy costs, environmental impact](http://home.isr.umich.edu/releases/um-survey-finds-surprising-attitudes-toward-energy-costs-environmental-impact/), University of Michigan [The last decade was a historically awful time to enter job market](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/18/the-last-decade-was-a-historically-awful-time-to-enter-the-job-market/), Brookings via WashPost [Where does the labor market stand?](http://www.frbatlanta.org/pubs/annualreport/13ar/?d=1&s=tw), Atlanta Fed [The re-emerging dominance of private mortgage insurers](http://blog.metrotrends.org/2014/03/re-emerging-dominance-private-mortgage-insurers/), Urban Institute

**Health & Society** [Elementary students are doing more homework than they used to](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/18/new-study-elementary-students-are-doing-more-homework-than-they-used-to/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), Washington Post [Fewer owners, more guns: The changes in American gun ownership](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/03/daily-chart-12), The Economist [Best way to increase rate of Twitter followers is to have more followers](http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/03/will-get-one-million-twitter-followers/), Wired [Public school students will look pretty different by 2022](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/2022-high-school-demographics_n_4987144.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk), Huffington Post [Infographic: What Americans pay for health insurance under the ACA](http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1841974), JAMA via KFF [Why are Hispanics slow to enroll in ACA coverage?](http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/03/18/why-are-hispanics-slow-to-enroll-in-aca-coverage-insights-from-the-health-reform-monitoring-survey/) Health Affairs [Who had richer parents, doctors or artists?](http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/03/18/289013884/who-had-richer-parents-doctors-or-arists) NPR [Data on prenatal care visits by provider specialty, 2009-2010](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db145.pdf), CDC [48% doctors use electronic health records - but use differs by state](http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/some-states-lag-in-using-electronic-health-records-85899542237), The Pew Charitable Trusts

**International** [Emerging nations support open internet](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2014/03/19/emerging-and-developing-nations-want-freedom-on-the-internet/), Pew Research Center [In Ukraine, tolerance for different nationalities, religions has worsened since 2008](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167969/tolerance-different-nationalities-worse-ukraine.aspx), Gallup [Measuring the quality of life in the EU](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-19032014-CP/EN/3-19032014-CP-EN.PDF), [indicators](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indicators), Eurostat [10 charts on UK economy, ahead of new budget release](http://www.theguardian.com/business/datablog/2014/mar/19/budget-2014-key-charts-george-osborne), Guardian [The growth of London's rail system, in 60 seconds](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/mar/18/londons-rail-system-animated-in-60-seconds), Guardian [Interactive: Search for missing flight is a 'needle in a haystack'](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/malaysian-air-scale/), Washington Post

**Random Sample** [March Madness at the Census Bureau: Test your knowledge of population data](http://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/057/), Census Bureau

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