Pew Research Center Staff

Just roughly a quarter of Americans said they were excited about the 2010 World Cup in a survey administered prior to the start of the tournament.

Four-in-ten internet users have been contacted by someone from their past who found them online.

Older Republicans are more likely than their younger co-partisans to oppose candidates who compromise and to support those without elected experience.

Americans are less likely to vote for a candidate who supported TARP, but split on health care reform supporters.

Half of online adults watch comedy videos online, making them the most-watched type of online video.

Among internet users, 14% have uploaded a video to the internet.

Nearly three-in-four adults say they feel “close” to their fathers — but America’s dads shouldn’t feel too smug. Not only do moms outpoll them on the intimacy scale, but the family dog tops both.

Just one-in-ten among Hispanic high school dropouts has a GED, far less than the percentages of white (29%) and black (20%) high school dropouts with GEDs.

A quarter of households have no landline service, posing a large problem for pollsters who rely on telephones to reach potential respondents.