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title: "Data Feed: World’s richest middle class, first-term senators at risk, when the workday begins"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-22"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/22/data-feed-worlds-richest-middle-class-first-term-senators-at-risk-when-the-workday-begins/"
---

# Data Feed: World’s richest middle class, first-term senators at risk, when the workday begins

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

**Politics** [As GOP chances decline, Senate control now a tossup](http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/senate-model/), [methodology](http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/senate-model/methodology.html), The Upshot/NYT [Not many swing voters in midterm elections](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/the-myth-of-swing-voters-in-midterm-elections.html?rref=upshot), The Upshot/NYT [Independents more likely to back anti-Obamacare candidates](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/21/fox-news-poll-independents-more-likely-to-back-anti-obamacare-candidates/), Fox News [History shows first-term senators likely most at risk for reelection](http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2014/04/which_1-term_us_senator_will_f.php), U. of Minnesota [In NY, wide Cuomo lead over Astorino would be cut by liberal 3rd party](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/sny_poll/SNY%20April%202014%20Poll%20Release%20--%20Final1.pdf), [topline](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/SNY0414%20Crosstabs.pdf), Siena

**Economy** [Social Security data analysis shows lifetime earnings growth skewed toward top](http://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp302.pdf), UMich [Long- and short-term unemployment both push down inflation](http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2014/201428/201428pap.pdf), Federal Reserve [Federal plans that forgive student debt skyrocket](http://online.wsj.com/news/interactive/Tuition?ref=SB10001424052702303887804579503894256072308), The Wall Street Journal [U.S. exports of petroleum products increased 10% in 2013](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15951), EIA [Total state tax revenue hits new peak after Great Recession](http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/fiscal-50-state-trends-and-analysis-85899523649#ind0), The Pew Charitable Trusts [Federal funds provide nearly $1 in $3 of state revenue](http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/federal-funds-provide-nearly-1-in-3-of-state-revenue-85899542922), The Pew Charitable Trusts

**Health & Society** [Which cities sleep in, and which get to work early](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/which-cities-sleep-in-and-which-get-to-work-early/), FiveThirtyEight [Young adults cite college costs as their top money problem](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168584/young-adults-cite-college-costs-top-money-problem.aspx), Gallup [Report shows largest year-to-year college attainment uptick since '08,](http://www.luminafoundation.org/newsroom/news_releases/2014-04-22-stronger_nation_2014.html) Lumina Foundation [Almost two-thirds of 2013 high-school grads enrolled in college](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm), BLS [In 2012, 47% of American youths were minorities](http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/sites/carseyinstitute.unh.edu/files/publications/IB-Johnson-et-al-Increasing-Diversity-US-Yourth-web.pdf), Carsey Institute/UNH [How do inpatients in rural hospitals differ from those in urban hospitals?](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db147.htm), CDC [Is your internet connection slower than advertised?](http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/is-your-internet-connection-slower-than-advertised-1324/) The Wall Street Journal [Census Bureau reviewing ACS questions after public pushback](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/22/census-may-change-some-questions-after-pushback-from-public/), Fact Tank

**International** [Indians see rape as a major national problem](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2014/04/22/indians-see-rape-as-major-national-problem/), Pew Research Center [The American middle class is no longer the world's richest](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/the-american-middle-class-is-no-longer-the-worlds-richest.html?rref=upshot), New York Times [Chart: China is becoming wealthy and urban, but with people left behind](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-11), The Economist

**Random Sample **[Chart: How Meb Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon](http://www.washingtonpost.com/how-meb-won-the-boston-marathon/2014/04/21/2e7d1d9a-c9b1-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_graphic.html), Washington Post

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