Publications

Six-in-ten Americans think it is a good idea for the government to regulate more strictly the way major financial companies do business.

Most Americans (59%) say they would place a higher priority on spending more money to make health care more accessible and affordable than on reducing the budget deficit.

Seven-in-ten say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in Obama to fix the economy; 55% say that about Democratic leaders and 38% about Republican leaders.

As many Republicans say their party's leaders have failed to clearly articulate their position (42%) as say they have explained themselves clearly (41%).

Virtually all of the 3.4 million increase in suburban public school enrollments over the past decade and a half has been due to a rapid increase in Latino -- and to a lesser degree -- black and Asian students.

Six-in-ten Americans support allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces.

Since his appearance on the national scene, a consistent one-in-ten Americans say Barack Obama is a Muslim; another 35% say they do not know Obama's religion.

Not until 60 years after passage of the 19th Amendment did women finally turn out in equal voting proportion to their male compatriots. What took them so long?

Two-thirds of Americans say single women having children is bad for our society.

A majority of mainline Protestants say homosexuality should be accepted.