--- title: "Data Feed: State of the news media, voters attracted to pot measures, returns on a college education" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-03-26" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/26/data-feed-state-of-the-news-media-voters-attracted-to-pot-measures-returns-on-a-college-education/" --- # Data Feed: State of the news media, voters attracted to pot measures, returns on a college education *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [Americans disapprove of Obama's handling of Ukraine crisis](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-disapprove-of-obamas-handling-of-ukraine-crisis/), CBS News [Seniors have realigned with the Republican party](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168083/seniors-realigned-republican-party.aspx), Gallup [Virginia voters give McAuliffe 'OK' grades, support minimum wage hike](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=2024), Quinnipiac [Voters more likely to turn out if pot legalization is on the ballot](http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/poll-68-percent-more-likely-to-turn-out-if-measure-to-legalize-pot-is-on-the-ballot-20140325), [GWU](https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/sites/mediarelations.gwu.edu/files/downloads/Questionnaire%2003.25.2014.pdf) via National Journal [Independent voters looking more like Republicans again](http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/news/article/democrats-growing-problems-with-independent-voters-on-the-senate-map), Rothenberg Political Report [Two years before 2016 primaries, Clinton polling like an incumbent](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clinton-is-polling-like-an-incumbent-and-that-could-help-her-in-2016/), FiveThirtyEight **Economy **[One-third of mobile phone owners used mobile banking in past year](http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/consumers-and-mobile-financial-services-report-201403.pdf), Federal Reserve [Renting most expensive in Hawaii, D.C., California](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/25/28-25-the-minimum-wage-d-c-would-need-to-support-a-modest-2-bedroom/), [NLIHC](http://nlihc.org/oor/2014) via Washington Post [Young adults have held an average of 6.2 jobs by age 26](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm), BLS [In 2013, average personal income growth slowed in every state](http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/spi_newsrelease.htm), BEA [State and local government tax revenue for 3Q, 4Q 2013](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb14-tps26.html), Census Bureau [Unemployment rate for veterans edges down in 2013](http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140325.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics [New residential sales data in February](http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2014/HUDNo.14-027), Census Bureau/HUD [High prices partly to blame for slow new home sales](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/03/25/high-prices-partly-to-blame-for-slow-new-home-sales/), The Wall Street Journal [Colleges with best returns on investment](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/study-names-colleges-with-the-best-return-on-investment/), [methods](http://www.payscale.com/college-roi/c/methodology), Payscale via FiveThirtyEight [Top incomes can be fleeting](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/26/pf/taxes/high-income-taxpayers/index.html?iid=HP_LN), CNN Money [Do big banks have lower operating costs?](http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/03/do-big-banks-have-lower-operating-costs.html) [Economic Policy Review](http://newyorkfed.org/research/epr/index.html), New York Fed [Who benefits when the government pays more in Medicare?](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19989) NBER **Health & Society** [The state of the news media in 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2014/03/26/state-of-the-news-media-2014-overview/), Pew Research Center [Many Americans were unaware of health care law deadline](http://kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-march-2014/?utm_campaign=KFF%3A+General&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=12306472&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9nPZyKC4_JogQkzXGkJgyVByytcVOybsLprzBVjEjIzdejZRYA7tq6HqZZP4tep6zGjzqsqCP0zEyiBLbSHnyYpgY7TQ&_hsmi=12306472), Kaiser Family Foundation [Paying welfare benefits by debit card instead of cash led to crime drop](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/25/to-fight-crime-in-your-community-stop-using-cash/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), NBER via WaPo [Fewer Americans went to the movies in 2013, but box-office receipts rose](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303949704579461813982237426), WSJ [Map: The most and least healthy counties](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/the-most-and-least-healthy-counties-in-america/359584/), RWJF via The Atlantic[ ](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/business/media/bookstores-forsake-manhattan-as-rents-surge.html?hp&_r=0) **International** [Putin's support in Russia rises to 80%](http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140326/188776004/Putins-Approval-Rating-Rises-to-80--Poll.html), Levada Center via RIA Novosti [Little pattern or coherence found in EU broadband markets](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-314_en.htm), European Commission [How the Great Recession affected new immigrants in Spain](http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/precarious-position-labor-market-integration-new-immigrants-spain), Migration Policy Institute *Got new data to share? Send it to us via email *[*facttank@pewresearch.org*](mailto:facttank@pewresearch.org)* or Tweet us *[*@FactTank*](http://www.twitter.com/facttank)*.*