{"id":14508,"date":"2014-04-23T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T16:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/data-feed-tight-senate-races-in-the-south-fewer-baby-boomers-democracy-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:22:34","slug":"data-feed-tight-senate-races-in-the-south-fewer-baby-boomers-democracy-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/04\/23\/data-feed-tight-senate-races-in-the-south-fewer-baby-boomers-democracy-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Feed: Tight Senate races in the South, fewer Baby Boomers, democracy in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Politics\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/23\/upshot\/answers-on-affirmative-action-depend-on-how-you-pose-the-question.html?ref=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Answers on affirmative action depend on how question is posed<\/a>, The Upshot\/NYT\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/24\/upshot\/poll-shows-tight-senate-races-in-four-southern-states.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polls show tight\u00a0Senate races in four southern states<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2014\/04\/23\/upshot\/24upshot-south-poll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">topline<\/a>, New York Times\/KFF\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-fix\/wp\/2014\/04\/23\/black-voters-could-decide-who-controls-the-senate-in-2015-heres-how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black voters could decide who controls the Senate in 2015<\/a>, Washington Post\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/partisan-loyalty-begins-at-age-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Party loyalty begins at age 18<\/a>, FiveThirtyEight\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quinnipiac.edu\/news-and-events\/quinnipiac-university-poll\/colorado\/release-detail?ReleaseID=2033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">74% of Colorado voters support metal detectors, 50% support arming teachers<\/a>, Quinnipiac\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu\/polls\/release_04-23-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most New Jerseyans still think state not back to normal post-Sandy<\/a>, Rutgers-Eagleton<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Economy\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2014\/04\/22\/what-youd-need-to-make-in-every-county-in-america-to-afford-a-decent-one-bedroom\/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interactive: One-bedroom housing affordability by county<\/a>, Washington Post\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/govbeat\/wp\/2014\/04\/23\/map-how-long-it-takes-each-states-residents-to-earn-enough-to-pay-all-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How long it takes each state&#8217;s residents to earn enough to pay all taxes<\/a>, WashPost\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2014\/04\/how-did-canadas-middle-class-get-so-rich\/361053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How did Canada&#8217;s middle class get so rich? Look to housing<\/a>, The Atlantic\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/168626\/retirement-remains-americans-top-financial-worry.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Retirement remains Americans&#8217; top financial worry<\/a>, Gallup\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/stem-index\/articles\/2014\/04\/23\/new-stem-index-finds-americas-stem-talent-pool-still-too-shallow-to-meet-demand?int=9e0d08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despite some improvement, still more STEM jobs than students<\/a>, U.S. News<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Health &amp; Society<\/strong>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/archives\/population\/cb14-tps31.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Estimates of U.S. population by age and sex, from April 2010 to July 2013<\/a>, Census Bureau\n<a href=\"http:\/\/demomemo.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/the-baby-boom-generation-is-shrinking.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The shrinking of the Baby Boom generation<\/a>, Demo Memo\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/168632\/provo-boulder-residents-report-highest-daily-learning.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Provo and Boulder residents report highest daily learning<\/a>, Gallup\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/coe\/indicator_ctb.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">55% increase in\u00a0master&#8217;s degrees between 2002 and 2012<\/a>, NCES\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/numbersguy\/amid-affirmative-action-ruling-some-data-on-race-and-college-enrollment-1328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College enrollment rates converging for whites, blacks, Hispanics<\/a>, WSJ\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2014\/p0422-natamerican-deathrate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Indian\/Alaska Native death rates nearly 50% higher than whites<\/a>, CDC\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-birth-control-mandate-obamacare-support-20140422,0,2520891.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nearly seven-in-ten say health plans should cover birth control<\/a>, Los Angeles Times\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjs.gov\/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&amp;iid=4986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Among prisoners in 30 states, 67.8% were rearrested within 3 years of release<\/a>, BJS\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.metrotrends.org\/2014\/04\/moving-homes-changing-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children in low-income areas\u00a0often change schools and move homes<\/a>, Urban Institute<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International<\/strong>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/4\/22\/5636186\/democracy-gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The spread of\u00a0democracy across the world, 1842-2012<\/a>, Vox\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrobarometer.org\/files\/documents\/policy_brief\/ab_r5_policypaperno11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seven-in-ten Africans prefer democracy, but political elites fail to deliver<\/a>, Afrobarometer\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/168593\/one-five-african-adults-work-farms.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One-in-five African adults work on farms<\/a>, Gallup\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/graphicdetail\/2014\/04\/daily-chart-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diabetes is a growing and lethal problem, especially among Arabs<\/a>, The Economist\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=1861809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Over half of U.S. $8.7 billion in health aid goes to HIV funding<\/a>, KFF\/JAMA<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Got new data to share? 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