Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Fewer than a third of Latinos rate immigration an “extremely important” issue.
Over a third of adults now have a profile on a social networking website.
More Americans now get news from the internet than from newspapers.
Seven-in-ten Americans say President Obama should focus on domestic policy.
Roughly half of Americans say people like themselves would gain influence under the Obama administration.
Most Americans who claim a religious affiliation think many religions, not just their own religion, can lead to eternal life.
More than six-in-ten current residents of Washington, DC were born in another state.
Fully a third of people living in rural areas see five or fewer widely held consumer products as necessities rather than luxuries.
Fewer than half (46%) among the American public now see the country as more politically divided than in the past, down 20 points from January 2007.
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