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Fully 54% of women say abortion is a very important issue to their vote, compared with 36% of men -- a gap of 18 points.

Two-thirds of young women ages 18 to 34 rate career high on their list of life priorities, compared with 59% of young men.

Fewer than two-in-ten Latino eligible voters live in the battleground states for this year’s presidential election.

The percent of Americans who say they read a print newspaper the previous day continues to drop, falling 18 points over the last decade to 23%.

About six-in-ten disagree with the idea that “we should make every possible effort to improve the position of blacks and other minorities, even if it means giving them preferential treatment.”

The number of Americans saying they saw news or news headlines on social networking sites the previous day increased from 9% in 2010 to 19%

Nearly eight-in-ten adults (78%) say the large amount of American debt that is held by China is a very serious problem for the U.S.

More than four-in-ten (43%) tablet news users say the news they get on their devices is adding to the overall news they consume

A record 40% of all households headed by someone younger than age 35 owe money on their student loans, by far the highest share among any age group

The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday after a year in which the number of Americans who held an unfavorable opinion of it (37%) reached a quarter-century high.