Pew Research Center Staff

That’s the number of countries in Pew’s latest Global Attitude Survey in which a majority of the public has a very or somewhat favorable view of the United States. In addition to the four majority approval countries — Japan, India, Great Britain and Nigeria — a plurality of those interviewed in China also think favorably of America.

That’s the number of children living with relatives without either parent present.

That’s the percentage of those Americans who have heard of global warming who say they personally worry about the issue a great deal (19%) or a fair amount (34%). Fewer Americans worry about global warming than do people in any of the other major industrialized nations included in the 2006 Pew Global Attitudes Survey.

The number of individual entries by Mexicans and Canadians who have border crossing cards and were authorized for temporary stays in the U.S. in 2004.

That’s the number of Americans surveyed by The Pew Global Attitudes project in May 2003 who said they regarded U.S. policies in the Middle East as fair. In the poll, which covered 21 countries, pluralities or majorities in every other country — including Israel — believed that the United States favors Israel over the Palestinians too much. Nearly half (47%) of Israelis said that U.S. policy favors Israel too much.

That’s the percent of the U.S. public that sympathizes with Israel in the ongoing dispute between Israel and the Palestinians.

That’s the proportion of the French public who — in the context of the riots that swept France this year — express sympathy toward the youths from immigrant and working class suburbs who felt frustrated by their place in French society.

That’s the number of former governors who are campaigning to regain their once-held posts this year.