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title: "Data Feed: Dems at risk in midterms, support for contraceptive mandate, 4.5 million deported since 1996"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-29"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/29/data-feed-dems-at-risk-in-midterms-support-for-contraceptive-mandate-4-5-million-deported-since-1996/"
---

# Data Feed: Dems at risk in midterms, support for contraceptive mandate, 4.5 million deported since 1996

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

**Politics** [Bipartisan support for increased sanctions against Russia](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/04/28/bipartisan-support-for-increased-u-s-sanctions-against-russia/), Pew Research/USA Today [Dems are at risk in midterms as Obama's ratings fall](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/post-abc-news-poll-shows-democrats-at-risk-in-november-as-obamas-approval-rating-falls/2014/04/28/2a448b04-cf07-11e3-b812-0c92213941f4_story.html), [topline](http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/politics/april-2014-washington-post-abc-news-poll/989/), ABC News/Washington Post [Majority supports ACA's contraceptive mandate](http://kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-april-2014/), [topline](http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/8582-t.pdf), Kaiser Family Foundation [Both Republicans and Democrats have an age problem](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/both-republicans-and-democrats-have-an-age-problem/), FiveThirtyEight

**Economy **[Young boys' academic struggles lead to economic struggles](http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/upshot/a-link-between-fidgety-boys-and-a-sputtering-economy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-upshot&_r=0&referrer=), The Upshot/NYT [Many states unemployment funds, battered by recession, still haven't recovered](http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/unemployment-insurance-trust-fund-debt-state-by-state-85899544475), Stateline [Big Pharma poised to get even bigger with Pfizer-AstraZenica deal](http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/prescription-drug-business-is-big-and-getting-bigger-1336/), Wall Street Journal

**Health & Society** [4.5 million+ people deported since sweeping 1996 immigration law](http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/mpi-report-assesses-current-era-deportation-system-and-record-removals-outlines-sharply), Migration Policy Inst. [Frequently requested statistics on immigrants and immigration](http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states), Migration Policy Institute [Study: 1-in-25 people on death row likely innocent](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/study-1-25-death-cases-likely-innocent), [study](http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/04/23/1306417111.full.pdf+html), PNAS via Associated Press [Texas' population has grown more than twice as fast as U.S. over past decade](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304572204579501532328227544?mod=WSJ_hppMIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond&mg=reno64-wsj), WSJ [62% in U.S. say mobile tech has increased interpersonal communication "a lot"](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168734/mobile-tech-aids-interpersonal-communication.aspx), Gallup

**International** [Income inequality in China now ahead of U.S., among highest in world](http://home.isr.umich.edu/releases/income-inequality-now-greater-china-us/), U. of Michigan [Latest polling on next month's European Parliament elections](http://graphics.wsj.com/european-elections-2014/), The Wall Street Journal [Population aging in many Latin American countries](http://www.prb.org/Publications/Reports/2014/latin-america-life-expectancy.aspx), Population Reference Bureau [Quarterly GDP and other national economic statistics in developed nations](http://www.oecd.org/std/na/quarterlynationalaccountsstatisticsoecd.htm), OECD

**Random Sample** [The world's deadliest animals, according to Bill Gates](http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week), gatesnotes.com

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