Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About three-quarters of Republicans (77%) agree that when something is run by the government it is usually inefficient and wasteful. Just 41% of Democrats agree, a difference of 36 percentage points.
The ranks of political independents continue to grow and now stand at 38% of the public.
Nearly six-in-ten Americans (57%) said in a March 2011 survey that the government should play a significant role in reducing obesity among children.
The percentage of adults online who use Twitter on a typical day has doubled since May 2011.
More than eight-in-ten registered voters say the economy (86%) and jobs (84%) are very important issues in deciding who to vote for this fall.
Just 2% of Greeks say they are satisfied with the direction of their country, the lowest level of satisfaction among the European Union countries surveyed.
A 56% majority of Russians say they are satisfied with the results of the March 4 presidential election that brought a first-round win for Vladimir Putin, but views on the fairness of the election are more mixed.
A quarter of Americans say the U.S. has a responsibility to do something about the fighting in Syria.
Through mid-May, campaign coverage in 2012 is down by 33% from the same period in 2008.
The percentage of households in a polling sample that are successfully interviewed — the response rate — has fallen dramatically: from 36% in 1997 to 9% today.
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