Unemployment & Presidential Approval
The unemployment rate stood at 7.6% when Obama took office; its rise, and the corresponding fall in Obama’s approval rating, so far mirrors Reagan’s first term.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The unemployment rate stood at 7.6% when Obama took office; its rise, and the corresponding fall in Obama’s approval rating, so far mirrors Reagan’s first term.
Just over four-in-ten Americans can identify Stephen Colbert as a comedian and television talk show host.
Just a quarter of Americans know it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate.
On a 12-question news quiz, Americans answered an average of 5.3 questions correctly.
Strengthening the nation’s economy remains the public’s top political priority.
Dealing with global warming ranks at the bottom of the public’s policy agenda.
Nearly six-in-ten Americans are especially looking forward to the Super Bowl this year.
A third of Americans say President Obama has been paying too much attention to banks and financial institutions – more than say so about any other group tested.
Asked to state what race they are (black; white; Asian; some other race) and told they could choose as many categories as they wished, just 1% of Americans identified with more than one category.
A plurality of the public believes that gays and lesbians face “a lot” of bias — roughly double the proportions that see widespread discrimination against blacks or Hispanics.
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