--- title: "Data Feed: Millennials and midterms, America’s global role, Homeownership rate hits low" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-04-30" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/30/data-feed-millennials-and-midterms-americas-global-role-homeownership-rate-hits-low/" --- # Data Feed: Millennials and midterms, America’s global role, Homeownership rate hits low *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [Americans divided on prospects for two state solution in Mideast](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/04/29/public-divided-over-whether-israel-independent-palestinian-state-can-coexist/), Pew Research Center [Americans want to pull back from world stage](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304163604579532050055966782?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj), [topline](http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJNBCpoll04232014.pdf), WSJ/NBC News [8.7% of Congress members have come from 'dynastic' families](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/29/family-dynasties-how-power-begets-power-in-congress/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), Washington Post [What college towns tell us about midterm elections](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/29/politics-counts-what-college-towns-tell-us-about-midterm-elections/), The Wall Street Journal [23% of young Americans say they will definitely vote in midterms](http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Spring-2014-HarvardIOP-Survey?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=hero&utm_campaign=2014SurveyRelease), [topline](http://www.iop.harvard.edu/sites/default/files_new/Harvard_ToplineSpring2014.pdf), Harvard [Analysis: Younger millennials not as Democratic as older millennials](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/30/the-democrats-still-have-their-own-young-people-problem/), Washington Post [Poll shows no leader in wide-open GOP race](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-gop-presidential-race-wide-open-hillary-clinton-leads-jeb-bush-in-theoretical-matchup/2014/04/29/44c75634-cfb9-11e3-b812-0c92213941f4_story.html), Washington Post [Florida voters back gay marriage, immigrant in-state tuition](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/florida/release-detail?ReleaseID=2036), Quinnipiac **Economy** [Advance estimate shows big drop in annualized GDP growth](http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm), BEA [U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since Mid-1990s](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304163604579532080447027674?KEYWORDS=homeownership&mg=reno64-wsj), Wall Street Journal [The top 1% is very white: A demographic breakdown by income](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/29/5665272/the-top-one-percent-is-98-percent-male), Vox [States face possible decline in tax collections](http://www.rockinst.org/pdf/government_finance/state_revenue_report/2014-04-29-SRR_95v2.pdf), Rockefeller Inst. [State and locally-administered public pension system at $3.1 trillion, 2012](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb14-tps32.html), Census [Enrollment in student-debt forgiveness programs soars](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/29/enrollment-in-student-debt-forgiveness-programs-soars-in-2014/), The Wall Street Journal [Residential vacancies rates and homeownership in 1Q 2014](http://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/qtr114/q114press.pdf), Census Bureau **Health & Society** [The Heartbleed bug affected a large share of internet users,](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/04/30/heartbleeds-impact/) Pew Research [U.S. births drive rising Latino population](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2014/04/29/hispanic-nativity-shift/); Data: [Hispanics](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2014/04/29/statistical-portrait-of-hispanics-in-the-united-states-2012/), [foreign born](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2014/04/29/statistical-portrait-of-the-foreign-born-population-in-the-united-states-2012/), Pew Research [Mobile tech is widespread, but not many use them for political interactions](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168767/mobile-technology-politics-potential-reality.aspx), Gallup [Half of Illinois and Connecticut residents want to live somewhere else](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168770/half-illinois-connecticut-move-elsewhere.aspx), Gallup [Map: Where racial diversity is highest and lowest in America](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/04/mapping-racial-diversity-by-county/361388/), The Atlantic [Interactive: Where you live affects number of jobs available](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/04/mapping-tool-demystifies-link-between-transportation-and-jobs/8986/), The Atlantic Cities [California's metros take the prize for 2014's most-polluted cities](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/04/most-polluted-cities-america/9003/), The Atlantic Cities **International** [The 1% is getting more of the total income pie in most OECD nations](http://www.oecd.org/social/top-earners-capturing-growing-share-of-total-income-in-many-countries.htm), OECD [In 2011, OECD nations account for almost 50% world GDP, emerging nations 30%](http://www.oecd.org/std/prices-ppp/oecdnowaccountsforslightlylessthan50ofworldgdplargeemergingeconomiesforabout30.htm), OECD [EU, U.S. and China account for half of world's GDP in 2011](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-30042014-DP/EN/2-30042014-DP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Chart: China forecasted to become largest economy by year's end](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-19?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fpe%2Fed%2Fdailychartppp), The Economist *Got new data to share? 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