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short readsJun 20, 2008

Is Our Children Learning?

Fully 78% of voters cite education as a very important issue.
short readsJun 20, 2008

GOPers Doubt Global Warming

Just 49% of Republicans say there is evidence of global warming.
short readsJun 20, 2008

McCain Stands For…?

Just 34% of voters say they know a lot about McCain’s stance on major issues.
reportJun 20, 2008

Data and Insights on Minority Populations

Our sample sizes for health surveys have been too small to do in-depth analysis on race/ethnicity and economic status. One challenge is that a significant portion of the respondent pool refuses to answer the household income question (the refusal…
reportJun 19, 2008

Lessons from the 2008 Pew Global Attitudes Survey

Pew Research Center president Andrew Kohut, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Foreign Policy editor Moises Naim discuss findings and implications of the new survey.
reportJun 19, 2008

Gas Prices Dominate the Public’s Economic News Agenda

Summary of Findings The public continues to express strong interest in news about the economy. More than four-in-ten (42%) tracked economic news very closely last week, only slightly below the 45% who tracked news about the economy very closely in mid-March, which was a 15-year high. And while several specific economic and financial news stories […]
reportJun 19, 2008

Global Anglicanism at a Crossroads

When leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion gather in Canterbury, England, in mid-July for their decennial Lambeth Conference, they will deliberate over the future of a church that is experiencing deep, and perhaps irreconcilable, internal conflicts. Already, about a third of the 38 Anglican primates, or regional leaders, have announced that they are boycotting the […]
reportJun 19, 2008

Campaign ’08 Online

Lee Rainie appeared on the NewsHour to discuss the findings.
reportJun 18, 2008

More Hear Negative News About Michelle Obama Than Cindy McCain

While opinions about both potential First Ladies are mostly positive, Mrs. Obama has emerged as a more high profile and controversial spouse than Mrs. McCain.
reportJun 17, 2008

More Hear Negative News About Michelle Obama than Cindy McCain

Summary of Findings. With the major party nominations now settled, the images of the candidates’ wives are coming into sharper focus. While opinions about Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama are mostly positive, Mrs. Obama has emerged as the more high profile and controversial spouse. More Americans have heard a lot about Michelle Obama than Cindy […]