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The campaign press declared Barack Obama’s Nov. 4 victory a culturally transforming event, but was far less certain it was a politically transforming moment. And within days, the search for lessons had yielded to speculation about the new administration.

The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, will host a discussion of politics and the internet on Wednesday, November 19.

About one-in-ten voters in 2008 was Hispanic.

Two-thirds of Latino's voted for Barack Obama.

A quarter of voters were contacted by the Obama campaign.

Of those citing Palin as a factor in their vote, a majority backed McCain.

Obama won 52% of voters with incomes over $200,000.

Six-in-ten moderates supported Obama.

A majority of Americans (57%) mostly or completely agree that it is the responsibility of government to "take care of people who can't take care of themselves" -- however only 19% completely agree.

Summary of Findings As the long presidential campaign wound down last week, the public remained highly engaged. Fully 60% of registered voters said they were following campaign news very closely, while 28% said they were following fairly closely. That is the highest level of voter interest just before a presidential election since the Pew Research […]