--- title: "Data Feed: Newly insured in 2014, future of tech, how Americans die" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics Republicans narrow Democrats’ fundraising advantage in 54 competitive contests, WSJ Many voters say Obama lies to the country on important matters, topline, Fox News Christie, Bush and Paul are top GOP picks, today, for 2016, Fox News […]" date: "2014-04-17" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/17/data-feed-2/" --- # Data Feed: Newly insured in 2014, future of tech, how Americans die *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [Republicans narrow Democrats' fundraising advantage in 54 competitive contests](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626304579505352356680302?mg=reno64-wsj), WSJ [Many voters say Obama lies to the country on important matters](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/16/fox-news-poll-many-voters-say-obama-lies-to-country-on-important-matters/?vgnextrefresh=1), [topline](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/04/16/fox-news-poll-many-voters-say-obama-lies-to-country-on-important-matters/), Fox News [Christie, Bush and Paul are top GOP picks, today, for 2016](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/16/fox-news-poll-christie-bush-and-paul-are-top-gop-picks-today-for-2016/), Fox News [California voters prefer lower taxes, fewer gov't services by a 54% to 35% margin](http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2469.pdf), Field **Economy **[What are the lingering effects of the Great Recession for Millennials?](http://www.frbatlanta.org/documents/pubs/econsouth/14q1_millennials.pdf) Atlanta Fed [Biggest predictor of how long you'll be unemployed is when you lose your job](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-biggest-predictor-of-how-long-youll-be-unemployed-is-when-you-lose-your-job/), 538 [Americans say real estate is best long-term investment](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168554/americans-sold-real-estate-best-long-term-investment.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [10 Beige Book gems](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/16/we-read-it-so-you-dont-have-to-10-beige-book-gems-2/?mod=blogmod&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter), WSJ **Health & Society** [Americans' views of technology and science in the future](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/04/17/us-views-of-technology-and-the-future/), Pew Research Center [How Americans die](http://www.bloomberg.com/dataview/2014-04-17/how-americans-die.html), Bloomberg [Court deportations drop 43% in past 5 years](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/us/us-deportations-drop-43-percent-in-last-five-years.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk), New York Times [4% of adults are newly insured in 2014](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168548/newly-insured-2014-represent-adults.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), [Higher fines compel sign up](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168542/higher-fines-compel-uninsured-americans-sign.aspx)s, Gallup [Just how many Baby Boomers are there? 76.4 million](http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2002/JustHowManyBabyBoomersAreThere.aspx), Population Reference Bureau [Black students increasingly concentrated in minority-dominated schools](http://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-now-the-resegregation-of-americas-schools/#intro), ProPublica [Data show substantial declines in some diabetes-related complications](http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0416-diabetes-complications.html), CDC [In March, the eastern U.S. was a cold, lonely pocket on a feverish planet](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/04/16/the-eastern-united-states-a-lonely-cold-pocket-on-a-feverish-planet/?wpisrc=nl_buzz), Washington Post **International** [In Latin America, Argentina, Venezuela and Uruguay are least trusting of U.S.](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/insights/IO905en.pdf), LAPOP [Where most U.S. diplomatic funding will go](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-diplomatic-funding/2014/04/16/f9613164-c5cd-11e3-9f37-7ce307c56815_graphic.html), WashPost [67% of Pakistanis say poverty there has increased in last year](http://www.gallup.com.pk/Polls/150414.pdf), Gilani Poll/Gallup Pakistan [What are labor-saving technologies doing to workers' incomes?](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/business/economy/tech-leaps-job-losses-and-rising-inequality.html?_r=0) New York Times [How violence against women in the UK compares to stats across the world](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-violence-against-women-in-the-u-k-compares-to-stats-across-the-world/), 538 **Random Sample** [Economic consequences of Lent: What believers save for their suffering](https://twitter.com/ECONdailycharts/status/456791553001152512), The Economist *Got new data to share? 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