In a poll taken before the election, a third of the country said it would make no difference which party won control of Congress.

More than four-in-ten Catholics do not know that their church teaches that the bread and wine used in Communion do not merely symbolize, but actually become, the body and blood of Christ.

Far more Republicans than Democrats say they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting in this year’s congressional election.

Among all registered voters, preferences are about evenly divided — 44% Democratic, 43% Republican. But among likely voters, Republicans lead by 6 points (48% to 42%) — one of the largest gaps in preferences between all voters and likely voters ever recorded in Pew Research Center surveys.

Boo! Nearly one-in-five Americans say they have seen or been in the presence of ghosts. Happy Halloween!

Nearly half of all adults own an mp3 player such as an iPod.

Just about every adult ages 18 to 29 owns a cell phone.

Data from Pew Research Center polling this year suggest that the bias from not including cell phones in election surveys is as large as, and potentially even larger than, it was in 2008.