Pew Research Center Staff

A substantial majority of Democrats say that it is the government’s responsibility “to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves” while less than half of Republicans take that view.

Americans ages 65 and older are the most worried about government involvement in health care.

Fully 62% of non-Hispanic blacks now believe that Americans can always solve problems; in 2007 only 41% shared that confidence.

Roughly half of Americans know that Chief Justice Roberts is considered to be a conservative.

Most parents say they always or sometimes know what video games their children play.

Just about every teen — ages 12-17 — plays computer, web, portable or console video games.

The 2008 presidential election was the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with nearly one-in-four votes cast by non-whites.

Slightly more than a quarter of Catholics think Notre Dame was wrong to invite the president to speak at its commencement; half think it was the right decision.

The number of Americans using the internet to get political news has more than doubled since the 2000 election.