--- title: "Data Feed: Obamacare’s influence on GOP voters, global image of U.S. leadership, fears of low inflation" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-04-10" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/10/fact-tank-obamacares-influence-on-gop-voters-global-image-of-u-s-leadership-fears-of-low-inflation/" --- # Data Feed: Obamacare’s influence on GOP voters, global image of U.S. leadership, fears of low inflation *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. * **Politics** [GOP voters more likely to see ACA as 'very important' to their vote](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/04/10/more-republicans-see-health-care-stance-as-very-important-to-midterm-vote/), Pew Research [No improvement for Congress in its latest job approval rating](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168428/no-improvement-congressional-approval.aspx), Gallup [Global image of U.S. leadership rebounds](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168425/global-image-leadership-rebounds.aspx), Gallup [How often do federal elected officials survive sex scandals?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/10/why-vance-mcallister-is-unlikely-to-survive-smoochgate/) Washington Post [Yee scandal taints Californians' views of their legislature](http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2464.pdf), Field Poll [N.J. voters split on legalizing recreational marijuana...](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=2031), Quinnipiac [... most see alcohol and tobacco as bigger dangers](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/6415978a-b983-4533-9ffa-50541e9cb72d.pdf), Monmouth U./Asbury Park Press[ ](http://eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu/polls/release_04-10-14.pdf) **Economy** [Poor neighborhoods fare better in thriving cities than stagnant ones](http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2014/2014-06.cfm), Cleveland Fed [Fed worries that continuing low inflation means a weak economy](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579491982444345254), The Wall Street Journal [Crude oil reserves rose for fourth straight year in 2012, to highest levels since 1976](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15791), EIA [Gender pay gap tracks with number of women in state legislatures...](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-gender-pay-gap-and-womens-representation-in-political-office/), FiveThirtyEight [... and also linked to minimum wages](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/minimum-wage-equal-pay_b_5120706.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk), Huffington Post **Health & Society** [Most say filing taxes is easy; few willing to pay for simpler forms](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/uncategorized/our-latest-story-6), [topline](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AP-GfK-March-2014-Poll-Topline-Final_TAXES.pdf), AP/GfK [North Dakotans, Iowans most positive about their schools](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168413/north-dakota-residents-positive-schools.aspx), Gallup [Have U.S. light rail systems been worth the investment?](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/04/have-us-light-rail-systems-been-worth-investment/8838/) The Atlantic Cities [How unusual was mass stabbing at Penn. high school? Hard to say](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/school-homicides-by-weapon-type/), FiveThirtyEight [Car makers accelerating recalls as regulators get more aggressive](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304640104579490641270337708), WSJ (also [Vox](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/10/5597244/car-recalls-gm-toyota)) [College wait lists are rejection letters in disguise](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/9/5595348/a-college-wait-list-is-really-just-a-more-polite-rejection), Vox [More college students battle hunger as education and living costs rise](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/more-college-students-battle-hunger-as-education-and-living-costs-rise/2014/04/09/60208db6-bb63-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk), Washington Post [More female athletes in NCAA, but not female coaches](http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/report-describes-increase-in-female-athletes-but-lack-of-female-coaches/34759), Chronicle of Higher Ed. **** **International** [U.S., German publics support U.S.-EU trade deal -- in principle](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2014/04/09/support-in-principle-for-u-s-eu-trade-pact/), Pew Research [The diverging paths of former Soviet republics](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-5), The Economist [In EU, 10 million part-timers are underemployed](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-10042014-BP/EN/3-10042014-BP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Fiscal risks abating somewhat in advanced economies, rising elsewhere](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fm/2014/01/pdf/fm1401.pdf), IMF [Chart: World's largest economies from 2001 to 2019](http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/world_economies_gdp/?iid=HP_LN), CNN Money [Immigrants to Sweden close labor gap with natives over time](http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/catching-labor-market-outcomes-new-immigrants-sweden), Migration Policy Institute *Got new data to share? 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