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    Boomers See Trouble Ahead

    Although baby boomers as a group enjoy higher median household incomes than do younger or older adults, some 55% say it is likely that their incomes will not keep up with the cost of living over the next year, a higher proportion than among either younger Americans (44%) or older ones (43%).

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    We’re Middle Class

    Roughly half of Americans describe themselves as middle class.

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    No Fences Online

    Of adults online, 17% have searched the internet for information about their neighbors.

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    Family Web Bonding

    A quarter of online adults (23%) have used the web to search for information about their family.

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    Older Fans of New Media

    Americans 50-to-64 (29%) are about as likely as 18-to-24-year-olds (30%) to report having gotten news over the internet yesterday.

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    Great Expectations

    Two-thirds of voters expect Obama to have a successful first term.

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    GOP Lost? Turn Right

    Six-in-ten Republican voters say want the GOP to move in a more conservative direction.

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    Hispanic Turnout

    About one-in-ten voters in 2008 was Hispanic.