Pew Research Center Staff

Americans see McCain as “personally qualified to be president.”

Despite several high-profile consumer product recalls in China recently, hardly any (1%) among the Chinese public say they have heard a lot about them.

Hispanics support Obama over McCain by three-to-one.

Obama is seen as the better steward of the economy.

McCain’s lead among white voters is no larger than Bush’s in 2000 and 2004.

Women favor Obama while men go for McCain.

Two-in-five Americans have gone online for campaign information.

Younger voters are significantly more knowledgeable this election.

About a third of Chinese government workers and Communist Party officials expressed interest in access to information on religion, the highest level of interest by any occupational group in a 2005 Intermedia survey.

Fully 78% of campaign coverage in early 2008 focused on political tactics.