---
title: "Data Feed: Google’s campaign donations, tax day facts, world military spending"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-14"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/14/data-feed-googles-campaign-donations-tax-day-facts-world-military-spending/"
categories:
  - "Comparison of Generations"
---

# Data Feed: Google’s campaign donations, tax day facts, world military spending

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

**Politics **[Like Bush, many Republicans are moderate on immigration](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/like-bush-many-republicans-are-moderate-on-immigration/), FiveThirtyEight [Within genders, age divides opinions on Obama, Congress](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/11/politics-counts-if-democrats-motivate-women-voters-then-what/?mod=WSJBlog), The Wall Street Journal [Google's campaign donations and lobbying money shot up in recent years](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-google-is-transforming-power-and-politicsgoogle-once-disdainful-of-lobbying-now-a-master-of-washington-influence/2014/04/12/51648b92-b4d3-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html), WashPost [Iowa Republicans surrender record number of state house seats in 2014](http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2014/04/iowa_republicans_surrender_rec.php), U. Minn. [New Jersey voters give Christie okay grades on Hurricane Sandy recovery](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=2032), Quinnipiac

**Economy **[Federal employees' pay gap shrinks; few women in top jobs](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/government-workforce-is-closing-the-gender-pay-gap-but-reforms-still-needed-report-says/2014/04/13/59281484-c1b2-11e3-b574-f8748871856a_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines), Washington Post [Top earners feel the bite of tax increases](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304117904579499561359467786?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Chart: Most of your taxes go to defense, social security and major health programs](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/14/5611944/where-your-tax-dollars-go-in-one-chart), Vox [More than half of Americans say federal taxes too high](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168500/half-americans-say-federal-taxes-high.aspx), Gallup

**Health & Society** [Which cities are college grads most segregated from everyone else?](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/04/us-cities-where-college-grads-are-most-segregated-everyone-else/8803/) The Atlantic Cities [The typical age of a librarian was about 40 in 1980, and had risen to 51/52 in 2005](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/where-are-americas-librarians/), 538 [Share of large firms offering retiree health benefits to active workers on the decline](http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/8576-retiree-health-benefits-at-the-crossroads.pdf), KFF [Washington's population growth slows](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washingtons-population-growth-slows/2014/04/11/796d6fce-c1a7-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html), Washington Post

**International** [Corruption concerns all generations of Indian voters,](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168488/corruption-concerns-generations-indian-voters.aspx) Gallup [As growth slows in India, rural workers have fewer reasons to move to cities](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304732804579423221004363850?mod=WSJ_hp_RightTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj), WSJ [Military spending continues to fall in the West, but rises everywhere else](http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=476), SIPRI [The Iranian blogosphere is less active than it used to be](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/11/the-decline-of-irans-blogestan/?wpisrc=nl_cage), [report](http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607), Washington Post [The 'fragile middle': Millions face poverty as emerging markets slow](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/95fb1cca-c181-11e3-83af-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz2yoNARuHw), Financial Times [In EU, women's employment rate up to 63% from 58% in 2002](http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-423_en.htm?locale=en), European Commission [Prayer over-reported in Muslim world, like churchgoing in North America](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/12/5601522/the-difference-between-going-to-church-and-going-to-church), Vox [Modest trade growth anticipated for 2014 and 2015 following two-year slump](http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres14_e/pr721_e.htm), WTO

**Random Sample** [6 charts on how America has changed since 'Mad Men,'](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/13/5610030/6-charts-on-how-america-has-changed-since-the-last-season-of-mad-men) Vox

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