A Bare Majority of Protestants
The number of Americans who report that they are members of Protestant denominations now stands at 51%.
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Losing Journalists
The Project for Excellence in Journalism estimates that one out of every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 no longer does so.
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Econ 101
More Americans know the unemployment rate than the level of the Dow.
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Younger People Less Knowledgeable
On a 12-question news quiz, young adults answered fewer than half correctly on average.
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Nevada the ‘Magnet’ State
Nevada is the nation’s most “magnetic” state in that fully 86% of its adult residents were born in a different state.
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Stressed Smokers
Half of all smokers say they “frequently” experience stress, compared with 35% of former smokers and 31% of those who never smoked.
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Minority Enrollment in Suburban Schools
Virtually all of the 3.4 million increase in suburban public school enrollments over the past decade and a half has been due to a rapid increase in Latino — and to a lesser degree — black and Asian students.
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Think Obama is A Muslim…Still
Since his appearance on the national scene, a consistent one-in-ten Americans say Barack Obama is a Muslim; another 35% say they do not know Obama’s religion.
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Most Favor Gays Serving Openly in the Military
Six-in-ten Americans support allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces.
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Have Confidence in Obama on Economy
Seven-in-ten say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in Obama to fix the economy; 55% say that about Democratic leaders and 38% about Republican leaders.