Whose Federal Government?
The partisan split in favorability ratings of the federal government changed dramatically with the change in presidential administrations.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The partisan split in favorability ratings of the federal government changed dramatically with the change in presidential administrations.
The favorability rating of state governments has fallen to 50%, down from 59% last year.
Over the past year, there has been a 37-point increase in the number of Pakistanis who hold unfavorable opinions of the Taliban and a similarly large increase in negative views of al Qaeda.
More Pakistanis say India is a threat to their country than say so about the Taliban or al Qaeda.
While teenagers lagged well behind adults in cell phone ownership in 2004, today nearly as many teens (71%) as adults (77%) own a cell phone.
Teenage cell phone ownership jumps from 53% at age 13 to 72% at age 14, right at the transition from middle school to high school.
Half of all Americans like the Beatles a lot, placing them at the top of a 20-artist popularity contest.
Two-thirds of adults listen to rock music, placing it ahead of the six other musical genres.
Only a quarter of Americans say it is necessary to give up some civil liberties to curb terrorism, down from 55% shortly after the attacks of 9/11.
Only about a quarter of U.S. drivers now say they consider their car “something special — more than just a way to get around,” barely half of the 43% who felt this way in 1991.
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