Two of every three women ages 50-64 say today’s mothers are doing a worse job as parents than mothers did 20 or 30 years ago — the highest level of criticism among any age-sex group in the US population.

Nearly half of all American Catholics under age 30 are Hispanic (45%).

A majority (51%) of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters now says the undecided nomination contest is bad for the party, up from 27% in late February.

Fewer than one-in-four Republicans (23%) now rate economic conditions as excellent or good, substantially fewer than did so a few months ago.

Pre-recorded campaign calls, or “robo-calls,” have become the leading form of campaign communication in the 2008 primary season with 39% of voters nationwide saying they have received at least one.

About three-in-ten Americans (31%) say their opinion of Hillary Clinton has grown less favorable in recent days, including 28% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents; by comparison, 24% of Americans — and only 13% of Democrats and Democratic leaners — report less favorable views of Barack Obama.

A relatively large minority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (40%) say they have come to feel more favorably toward GOP presidential nominee John McCain in recent days.

Analysis of Pew surveys conducted in late February and March finds Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama running equally well against Sen. John McCain among voters in the big swing states of Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania; Obama led McCain 52% to 40% among a representative sample of voters living in these states, while Clinton bested McCain by a statistically comparable 51%-to-42% margin.