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Only five members of the new Congress (about 1%) do not specify a religious affiliation.

What a difference eight years can make -- or not. As shown in a series of tables, some things have changed a great deal since George W. Bush was elected president in 2000, but other things, most notably certain American beliefs and attitudes, have remained remarkably constant.

Ars Technica has a great write-up of our recent Voter Engagement report.

Fully 46% of all Obama voters expect to hear directly from Barack Obama or other officials affiliated with the new administration at least occasionally over the next year, and 15% of Obama voters expect to hear from the new administration on at least...

After a presidential election in which voters increasingly went online to mobilize others and take part in the political debate, many of those who were active during the campaign expect to remain engaged with the incoming Obama Administration and mobilize others in support of his agenda.

Voters expect that the level of public engagement they experienced with Barack Obama during the campaign, much of it occurring online, will continue into the early period of his new administration.

One-in-four Americans believe the national economy will be better a year from now.

Three-quarters of all voters want GOP leaders to work with Obama.

Twenty-nine states have passed voter-approved constitutional bans on gay marriage.

In fully 43% of all couples it's the woman who makes decisions in more areas than the man.