About 8-in-10 Republicans now say they are “pretty well satisfied” with the way things are going for them financially. By comparison, only 54% of both independents and Democrats subscribe to that view, the largest partisan gap in 20 years of Pew values surveys.

That’s the percentage of Republican registered voters who say the issue of immigration will be very important to their vote. Fewer Democrats (50%) and independents (57%) say the same.

More than more than eight-in-ten Americans say that displays of Christmas symbols such as nativity scenes and Christmas trees should be allowed on government property — as long as they are part of a display that includes symbols of other faiths and holiday traditions

Majorities or pluralities in 35 of 47 nations say that people who move to the United States have a better life there.

That’s the number of Pakistanis who say they are very or somewhat worried that the US could become a military threat to their country.

Large majorities in many of Venzuela’s Latin American neighbors say they have little or no confidence in Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who suffered a substantial setback in last Sunday’s elections in his own country.

While a majority (59%) of parents with online teens still believe the internet is a beneficial factor in their children’s lives, the number of parents who see the internet as a good thing for their children has declined since 2004.